Chickens can provide a nice boost to income

The main source of income of the South African Bosparadys farm of the Khourie family comes from dairy production. However, with demand for poultry protein exceeding national production, the 20,000 layers provide a welcome income boost. With household finances on the increase in South Africa more people can afford to eat meat with poultrymeat top of the shopping list. In fact, poultrymeat accounts for 60% of the total 2.9 million tonnes of beef, poultry and pork meat consumed in the country each