Backyard broilers: working towards a large-scale business
Emmanuel Gumede (26) is a determined young man. He is currently employed full-time as a call-centre supervisor, but his heart lies in fulfilling the big dreams that he has for his 18-month-old, small-scale broiler farming business.
It was only in March last year that Gumede began a small production trial in his family’s backyard with 10-day-old New Hampshire chicks he had bought in a Durban pet shop. These were the only chicks left when he arrived at the shop that day, and despite New Hampshire chickens having been bred primarily for egg production, he learnt a number of valuable lessons about how to take chickens to maturity.
“At the beginning of last year, before I
