Summary
Date Posted: Friday, December 09, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The role
As a farmer collaborating with Healthier Hens you would need to:
• Share information about your farms via phone calls or in-person visits;
• Share feed samples from your farm via our Sample Collection Protocol;
• Allow accompanying certified vets to perform on-farm welfare indicator assessments.

How will your work have an impact?
• Your work will improve the quality of Healthier Hens’ efforts, increase the feasibility of Healthier Hens pilot program and early field work;
• Healthier Hens has the potential to achieve unprecedented impact via a cost-effective intervention focused on feed fortification and you are able to make that possible;

What we are looking for
• Deep litter system
• At least 500 hens
• Accommodate 1 farm visit a month (in December, January and February). During each visit, a certain number of hens will be examined non-invasively, for example via feather examination, bone palpation, visual foot health inspection.
• Allow feed samples of commercial feeds to be collected for quality analysis.

What we offer
• Ksh 1225 per visit
• Feed quality analysis at accredited laboratories for their content of key nutrients (calcium, phosphorous, vitamin D3 and protein).
• Veterinarians to help farmers troubleshoot on farm issues via sharing resources and knowledge on good management practices, welfare assurance, biosecurity, bookkeeping, and barn maintenance.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Healthier Hen on docs.google.com to apply

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