List Of Poultry Farms In Uganda
There has been tremendous expansion of the Commercial poultry sector in the last three decades but free-range poultry still account for a greater proportion of the total poultry production in Uganda. The challenge is the free-range poultry has not undergone drastic improvement in its management system
The total poultry population in Uganda is projected at about 32.6 million birds of which 80% of the population being free-range indigenous type of breeds and the exotics contributing about 20%.
Importance of poultry
The uses of poultry are summarised as follows:
Poultry provides animal protein to most people in Uganda
They generate cash when the birds or their eggs are sold.
It has a potential to generate foreign exchange
Poultry has a social –cultural status in Uganda
Demand
There is a lot of demand of poultry products in hotels, schools and other bigger organisations. Uganda’s poultry products are being exported to neighbouring countries.
The poultry types
The different types of poultry are as follows:
Chickens
Turkeys
Ducks
Geese
Pigeons
Ostriches
Poultry farms in Uganda
The following are the model poultry farms in Uganda:
Agroline Limited located in Sheena District -Uganda.
Poultry Association of Uganda located in Kampala- Uganda.
Hill Top Farm Limited located in Jinja- Uganda.
Unite Poultry Farm located in Masaka Road –Uganda
Biyinzika Enterprises Limited located in Kampala- Uganda.
JB Poultry Farm located in Bugabo Wakiso District,
Kagodo Farmers Limited located on Salaam Road, Kibuye in Kampala- Uganda.
Ugachick Poultry Breeders Limited located at Old Kampala in Kampala, Uganda
Hatcheries in Uganda
The list of hatcheries in Uganda includes the following:
Ugachick Poultry Breeders ltd Located on plot1 old Kampala Road Chicken House Box Bokomo
Biyinzika Located in Seeta
Kigo Prisons Located in Ssazi near Kasanje, in Wakiso District.
LES Located in Entebbe
Bulemezi Located in Mukono
Kiyita Located in Kasangati
Nsambya Catholic Located in Nsambya
Senda Located in Mukono
Kagodo Farmers Located on Entebbe Road Kibuye
Walusimbi Farmers Located in Butenga, Kira Town Council
Kiwanuka Located in Kabowa
Gesica Located in Namugongo
Commercial feed factories in Uganda
The commercial feed factories are as follows:
Creda Africa Located in Wandegeya Kampala
Liberty Trading Co. Ltd Located in Jinja District
Formula feeds Located along Hoima Road Kasubi
Catholic Secretariat Locate on Nsambya Hill, 672 Hanlon Road Kampala.
Engano Millers Ltd Located in kawempe
Bulemezi Farm Enterprises located in Bulemezi
Ugachick Poultry Breeders Located on plot1 old Kampala Road Chicken House Box
Kagodo Farm Located on Salama Road Kabalagala
Hill Top Located on Plot382 Nakasero Mamba Building
Biosecurity disease control in poultry
Bio security is a practice designed to prevent the spread of disease-causing
Organisms onto farms. It is accomplished by maintaining the facility in such a way
that there is minimal traffic of biological organisms (viruses, bacteria, rodents, etc.)
across its borders.
Disease control in poultry
The common diseases in poultry include Newcastle disease, respiratory disease complexes, fowl pox, diarrhoea, salmonellosis, collibacilosis, fowl cholera, Gumboro, Avian leucosis, coccidiosis and several parasitic conditions both internal and external
Challenges facing Poultry Farming
Lack of knowledge and skills in poultry management
Lack of Capital to put in place the necessary infrastructure
Lack of organised marketing infrastructure
Power Supply largely depends on hydro-electric power and this source of power has of recent become expensive.
Availability of farm or factory logistics Infrastructure
Poor road network to the farm
The following are the List Of Poultry Farms In Uganda
Blue Bird Poultry
Address: 220 Hoima Rd, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 706 531134
Njeru poultry Farm
Address: 4CH4+2W8, Kampala, Uganda
Walusimbi Poultry
Address: 9GCW+7M4, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 750 435045
Wakiso farm supplies and general hatcheries
Address: 1, Uganda
Phone: +256 756 173150
Biyinzika Poultry International Ltd
Address: Biyinzika Poultry International Ltd, Gombe, Uganda
Phone: +256 41 4220607
Kande Poultry Farm(U) Ltd
Address: Semuto Town council, Sebagaala Zone Semuto Town Council, Uganda
Phone: +256 779 848081
BUWAALI FARMERS
Address: 9J2Q+354, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 756 269488
Kisolo Poultry farm
Address: 7G8F+R8H, Kampala, Uganda
brian poultry farm
Address: nansana, Hoima Rd, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 773 474380
Jumbo Grace farm
Address: Unnamed Road, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 704 250810
Kiwanga Poultry Farm
Address: Mukono, Uganda
Nabbingo Poultry and Animal Feeds
Address: 8HXM+22J, Entebbe Road KKB Zone Kajjansi Town Council, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 775 636858
AKANJA FARM
Address: yown council, Greenfield road ayubu lane gitta center Kasangati matuga, main road, Kasangati, Uganda
Phone: +256 701 939871
Magango poultry farms
Address: Magango residences, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 701 652663
scoanaro poultry out-growers
Address: Ave Maria Road, Entebbe, Uganda
Phone: +256 759 976701
Katumba Wamala Poultry Farm
Address: 8QXW+QR5, Mukono, Uganda
Phone: +256 704 252404
Kisakye Poultry Farm
Address: 9FV6+J3H, Wakiso, Uganda
What is the biggest poultry farm in Uganda?
Currently, YoKuku employs 300 people – mainly Semuto residents – working in the processing facility and on the farm. Officials boast that their 15,000-square-foot chicken processing facility is the largest in East Africa.
How much do I need to start a poultry farm in Uganda?
This working capital includes the key cost of chicken feed. From my estimates (I will come to that later on) you need about Shs 26m as start up capital for a 1000 chicken farm(shaver brown variety).