Training on Artificial Insemination in Chicken
In Kenya, INCIP facilitated the training on artificial insemination in chicken, to alleviate mating incompatibility between the RIR cocks and IC hens.
The training took place at EGU. The incompatibility was due to the difference in the rate of growth in RIR that is faster than IC thus rendering them too big for the small indigenous chicken within a very short period of time.
This problem has been solved in many parts of the world through artificial insemination however, this is not the case with Kenya simply because, of lack of, and or poor knowledge in artificial insemination techniques and facilities.
The training was conducted by Wondmemeh Esatu, alongside Kiplangat Ng’eno who coordinated as well as participated in the training.
The training was also supported by Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
The aim of training was to;
- To train the participants on the procedures on males which included, massaging, milking and semen handling.
- To train the participants on the procedures on females which evertion of the cloaca and deposition of semen.
- To train the participants on how to differentiate fertile and infertile egg by breaking the eggs and examining the structures on the yolks.
Practical lessons were given to the participants with regards to the procedures involved on both males (massaging, milking and semen handling) and females (evertion of cloaca and deposition of semen)
All the participants were able to differentiate fertile from infertile eggs. The training is the first ever artificial insemination on chickens in Kenya.
The demonstration on artificial insemination was put in the Egerton University website for faster access by the public and poultry farmers.
