2.5 Animal Rearing Project

• Choosing an animal rearing project
• Writing a project plan
• Preparing a project budget
• Implementing the project: site, structures, records and duty schedule
• Routine management of the project
• Evaluating the project

• develop a project plan on rearing a selected animal
• prepare a budget for the animal rearing project
• implement the plan for the animal rearing project
• carry out routine management practices on the animal rearing project
• evaluate the animal rearing practices carried out in the project

“How can an animal rearing project be carried out?”

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1. The animal rearing project
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   Planning, budgeting, running and evaluating a real project to rear an animal - putting the whole livestock strand into practice.
2. Choosing an animal rearing project
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   How a Kenyan school class picks an animal it can actually keep well, using space, capital, climate, labour, skill and market - not taste alone.
3. School-ready animals in Kenya
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   Comparing rabbits, kienyeji chicken, layers, a dairy goat and bees so the class can pick a project that fits a Kenyan school farm.
4. Breed, stock and starting numbers
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   Picking a breed that fits the purpose, and a starting number the school can feed, house and handle.
5. Writing the project plan
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   Turning the chosen animal into a written plan: title, SMART objectives, site, structures, budget placeholder, timeline, duty list and record templates.
6. Timeline, activities and risks
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   Laying the project on a week-by-week line from site work to evaluation, and naming risks with simple controls.
7. Preparing the project budget
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   Listing costs, expected income and profit in Kenyan shillings before any animal is bought, including a small contingency.
8. A worked school project budget
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   Calculating a full budget for 20 school layers in Kenyan shillings, then checking a rabbit alternative so learners can judge profit before stocking.
9. Selecting and preparing the site
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   Choosing a dry, secure, well-watered place on the school farm, downwind of classrooms, then clearing and levelling it before any housing goes up.
10. Structures and housing for the project
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    Building or repairing a rabbit hutch, poultry house, goat house or hive stand that is dry, ventilated, secure and easy to clean, using local materials.
11. Record templates for the project
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    Ruling five simple books - inventory, feed, health, production and cash - so the class can manage daily and evaluate honestly later.
12. Duty schedule and stocking
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    Naming who feeds every morning including weekends, then bringing in healthy stock, counting them, and starting the records the same day.
13. Daily routine management
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    The everyday cycle of observe, feed, water, clean, collect produce and record - with notes for rabbits, poultry, goats and bees on a Kenyan school farm.
14. Health and production on the project
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    Applying vaccination, deworming, isolation and clean production - eggs, milk, honey - so the school project stays well and the product is fit to use.
15. Evaluating and presenting the project
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    Judging the project from records: objectives, money, welfare, failures and the next change - then presenting successes and improvements honestly to the class.