The chicken coop pro- gramme offered by Mike is prov- ing very popular among African farmers.


Mike Bosch with one of his famous Boschveld chickens.


side the local demand for eggs and chickens has shot up. The pandemic has bought a lot of future orders for export into other countries in Africa. I will have to play my cards right be- tween local and export sales, when the borders open up, as I need them both. With times like this you come to realise ex- actly what you can make happen with limited resources. There are a lot of fantastic opportunities coming in food pro- duction in Africa after all this is over.” Mike thinks his type of poultry farming is going to take off. “I have already been approached by a few big international NGOs to assist in Africa with developing food production. Af- ter the lockdown they will come to meet me to see how we


The Boschveld chicken has distinctive red and brown colours with white feathers in between.


can help each other. Locally, right now, there is a huge pover- ty relief training programme going on, with 1000 mobile chicken coops, teaching people how to rear their own birds,” he added.


Disease control In terms of disease control and the dreaded bird flu Mike said the area has a good biosecurity status. “There is no bird flu in our province,” he said. “Recently I was introduced to a new disinfectant product called ADI and it did wonders for the health of my chickens. My mortality rate dropped by 90% which is an extremely good result for my farm.”


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