Kenyans mostly know the yellow maize as the relief food that was distributed across the country during times of famine but yellow maize has other important uses as poultry feed. While white maize is our most common staple used for our favorite ugali, yellow maize makes a very good staple for your poultry. In most of the leading poultry producing countries such as US and South Africa, it constitutes up to 60% of the feed rations given to the chicken.
The yellow poultry corn when fed to the chicken will lead to the production of eggs with very yellow yolk which is much preferred by customers. The use of yellow corn as possible plus good sources of xanthophyll, such as alfalfa meal or corn gluten meal, will ensure the yellow coloration of the shanks, feet, skin, and egg yolks which is very popular with buyers of chicken.
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In some countries, farmers insert yellow pigmentation into the chicken feed in order to produce a more yellow egg yolk but with the yellow maize you do not have to do that as the pigmentation will form naturally on the egg by the time the bird matures. Yellow maize is also rich in energy and proteins.