Sheila Tanui, a mother, farmer, and owner of Lari Poultry Farm, isn’t your typical poultry keeper. She doesn’t rear layers for eggs or broilers for meat.

However, since April, they stopped paying for the loans that were given to them. Pure Prairie Poultry then tried to file for bankruptcy in September, which was then denied. Now, the company has ...

Eventually, she decided to try it for herself. “I started small—with just 50 chicks. Then moved to 100. I made mistakes, but I kept learning.” Today, her brooding unit can hold up to 5,000 ...