By Yusupha Jobe
Mansa Banko Online’s reporter in the North Bank Region(NBR), on Wednesday, 27th November 2019, visited a poultry farm belonging to one Mr. Omar Jobe of Ndungu Kebbeh village.
In an exclusive interview with this medium at his farm in the Lower Niumi village of Ndungu Kebbeh, the elated Jobe thanked our reporter for visiting his poultry farm.
He vouched; “Today, I’m very much pleased to receive a journalist in my poultry farm to share my story with the wider world.”
The rural poultry farmer imbued with passion for poultry farming since he was young, as he claimed, recalled that when he was eighteen (18) years of age, he had been caring for small ruminants, including birds; and, from that time to date, it has always been his choice.
Lamenting on his experience and technical know-how for poultry farming, Jobe admitted his “little skills and knowledge” on how to manage a poultry farm, but was quick to pinpoint that, with the little experience he has gathered in poultry management, he is progressing in that field.
Disclosing that in 2018, he had lost some of his birds, Jobe pointed a finger at his”nonstandard confinement room”, as being probably among the causes of deaths registered among his many chicks, whenever he introduces new batch of chicks.
A case in point he cited was when he lost 15 chicks, and he admittedly blamed it on his own little knowledge on “stress management” for chicks, and other technical know-how.
This was because many of the chicks had “stress” which he couldn’t solve at the time; and Jobe reinforced his passion for poultry management.
Jobe said sometimes, due to his poor experience in poultry management, many of his chicks would die in their poor confinements.
The young NBR poultry farmer saluted Mansa Banko Online’s Editorial Team for impacting on the lives of rural Gambian farmers with their special focus on agriculture.
Jobe called for assistance of any kind, from NGOs or individuals with the wherewithal’s, so that he would be able equipped his poultry farm, technically and financially.
