Walking on Eggshells: Poultry Farms Grapple for Survival
Not much noise was coming from the six pullet barns as expected from such places. Five remained empty; four employees stood nearby the only barn housing chicken coops, readying to feed the fowl.
A few feet away, a casually dressed man observed their work. Calmly. It was Dendin Debabu, a general manager of the poultry farm for the past 15 years. In his tenure at Alema Koudjis, in Bishoftu town, 61Km southeast of Addis Abeba, he has seen many ups and downs.
Dendin could not recall when nearly all the barns were as empty.
The farm was alive with the clucking of tens of thousands of chick...