Local chicken production has been identified as one of the livestock enterprises with great potential for reducing poverty and malnutrition among rural communities of northern and West Nile regions of Uganda. Almost all households in the region have been found to rear local chicken which they have used to solve family-related problems. Although the main aim of rearing the chicken is not for economic activity to make profits, with the increasing demand for local chicken, this is an opportunity that needs to be tapped in the region for farmers to increase their income and improve their standards of living. Whereas this is the desire of every poultry farmer, the aim is not always realized. This is because of many factors such as diseases, predators, poor husbandry practices, and lack of appropriate skills to improve them. With the readiness to learn and change for the better, any farmer will succeed. “Success is deciding from the start what end result you desire and creating circumstances to achieve it”- (Marker Victor Hansen). So, this manual has been written to propel poultry farmers to success by equipping them with basic knowledge and skills in local poultry husbandry and programmed hatching to improve livelihoods of poultry farmers.