Objective: To isolate and identify Cryptococcus from domestic Chicken dropping.
Design: cross sectional study.
Setting: Kabigeriet village, Olenguorone Division, Nakuru county, approximately 282 km from Nairobi, Kenya.
Subjects: Sixty four domestic chicken droppings were sampled in thirty two homesteads after obtaining the farmers consent.
Results: Two species of Cryptococcus were isolated.
Conclusion: Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) harbor Pathogenic Cryptococcus in their dropping and their close proximity to human habitation poses a risk of AIDS to immunocompromised persons.