KENYA · GUIDE 0076 · EDITION 4.2
Livestock weighing service in Kenya
Weigh livestock using appropriate equipment and safe handling.
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE · ILLUSTRATIVE
Fictional on-farm weighing visit for twenty goats, supplying twenty identity-linked live-weight tickets and a CSV. Use a correctly installed suitable animal platform and competent handlers; the operator records measurements, not diagnoses, medicine doses or animal valuations. Commercial settlement or other regulated use requires the actual scale/operator legal-metrology suitability to be confirmed. A weigh-tape estimate is not a platform-scale measurement.
Who is the first customer?
Farmers and traders wanting documented liveweights.
Test the offer
Trial the service with suitable animals and competent handlers.
What your operating pack contains
- A business-specific operating guide PDF
- Offline itemised costing and quotation tool
- Supplier request and sales message drafts
- Job-card and quality-response documents
- Offline operations desk: supplier comparison, work checkpoints, accepted deliveries and cash tracking
- Cashflow and launch review: downside scenarios, break-even, 13-week cash plan and trial decision
- Source register and unresolved checks
Delivery and quality
Explain scale limitations and make readings visible to both parties.
Cost drivers
- equipment
- handling labour
- travel
Use your own supplier quotations. Worked figures in the pack are illustrative and do not establish a verified startup budget or profit forecast.
Evidence and scope
Gallagher: W210 Weigh Scale User Manual ↗
Model-specific platform clearance, zero, animal fully on platform and unit checks. It does not certify a different scale or provide legal-metrology authorization. · Checked 2026-10-26
JICA / District Livestock Service Office: Goat Farming Technical Manual ↗
Goat identification, housing, sourcing and farm records only. Nepal-specific feeding, medicines, calendars and production figures are not transferred to Kenya. · Checked 2026-10-26