Fish Farm Hatchery & Hippos

Tuesday was fun, we hired a car and driver to take us to Kisumu.

1. Tanya was to meet with a trainer for business education. We want our fish farm widows to understand the concepts of running a business. The Kenyan way is to give money to whoever asks for it whenever you have it; otherwise you are considered greedy and may not gethelp when you need it. This makes saving and growing a business impossible.

2. The other reason is because I am a fish nerd and want to learn everything about aquaculture wherever I go. The hatchery was awesome full of wandering cows; completely opposite to the hospital-like conditions at BC salmon hatcheries. I giggled constantly. A 70kg bag of feed costs $20 and a male fingerling 3" long costs 10 cents (volume dependent,transport not included).

3. I wanted to make contact with suppliers of fingerlings and quality feed so that I know what we are getting when/ if we make make some purchases for our widows.

While waiting for Tanya I wandered to the shore of Victoria lake and saw that for $20 a guy in a very rickety boat would take all 5 of us out to look at nearby hippos. It was very neat. We saw soo many species of birds and creatures.

The videos are very short to give you a taste. It was a very long day, but also very productive. Thank goodness the roads have improved, it would have taken 3 days to cover this much ground last time.

tank of tilapia broodstock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1Y5GjQAb0
hippos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HPYYu6N2LY&feature=related
male tilapia (what we want to farm):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DwWYYUUvWI&feature=related