Raising Chickens Free Range
Before deciding on raising chickens free range, you must understand what it is all about and the merits and the demerits of raising them free range.
You should then weigh the merits against the demerits.
Raising chickens' free-range means letting the chickens roam freely and feed themselves.
Although there are constraints, the idea is to let the chickens live in an environment that most resembles their natural setting.
In some cases, you do not even pick the eggs, but it does not matter if you pick the eggs or kill the birds for meat, it is still free range.
One reason why people are into free range chicken is that organic free ranged chickens have healthier eggs and meat.
The meat and eggs of free range chicken are also better compared to meat and eggs from factory raised chicken.
This is because the chickens are allowed to live like they were meant to live, they are able to feed on greens, worms and other bugs and no chemicals find their way into their systems.
Chickens that are raised for commercial purposes are bred in such a way that they develop completely in as little as six weeks while eating economically and the layers are bred in such a way that they produce large eggs regularly.
These chickens are raised in controlled environments, meaning they never get to exercise or get sunlight.
This is the reason their eggs and meat are tasteless and the subject of debate on their effects on the human body.
There are several considerations to make when raising organic free range chickens.
The most important is that you must feed them like they would if they were not domesticated, meaning on whole grains that are not genetically modified.
You can also feed them on pre-mixed organic feed, but you should make sure the feed does not have any antibiotics.
As for water, just provide clean drinking water.
Another consideration is the amount of space available.
Free range chickens prefer foraging for their own food more than eating the whole grains or pre-mixed organic feed you give them.
For this reason, the space should be enough for them to get enough food for themselves every day.
If you do not have enough space and you still want free range chickens, you should only raise a few of them.
On the chicken run, the ideal space for each chicken is between 12 and 15 square feet.
For a chicken to qualify as free range, it must spend at least two hours per day outside, but the more hours the better.
An important consideration when raising chickens free range is that although you allow the chicken to roam freely, you should not expose them to unnecessary danger.
This can come in the form of extreme weather conditions such as heavy downpour, extreme temperatures, etc.
, and dangers from predators such as foxes, snakes and raccoons and hawks.
To protect them from the former, make sure the chicken coop is able to shield them and keep them indoors when the elements are too harsh and to protect them from the latter, make sure the perimeter wall of the chicken run is made from wire mesh that is at least one foot underground and that the top is covered by a wire mesh too
You should then weigh the merits against the demerits.
Raising chickens' free-range means letting the chickens roam freely and feed themselves.
Although there are constraints, the idea is to let the chickens live in an environment that most resembles their natural setting.
In some cases, you do not even pick the eggs, but it does not matter if you pick the eggs or kill the birds for meat, it is still free range.
One reason why people are into free range chicken is that organic free ranged chickens have healthier eggs and meat.
The meat and eggs of free range chicken are also better compared to meat and eggs from factory raised chicken.
This is because the chickens are allowed to live like they were meant to live, they are able to feed on greens, worms and other bugs and no chemicals find their way into their systems.
Chickens that are raised for commercial purposes are bred in such a way that they develop completely in as little as six weeks while eating economically and the layers are bred in such a way that they produce large eggs regularly.
These chickens are raised in controlled environments, meaning they never get to exercise or get sunlight.
This is the reason their eggs and meat are tasteless and the subject of debate on their effects on the human body.
There are several considerations to make when raising organic free range chickens.
The most important is that you must feed them like they would if they were not domesticated, meaning on whole grains that are not genetically modified.
You can also feed them on pre-mixed organic feed, but you should make sure the feed does not have any antibiotics.
As for water, just provide clean drinking water.
Another consideration is the amount of space available.
Free range chickens prefer foraging for their own food more than eating the whole grains or pre-mixed organic feed you give them.
For this reason, the space should be enough for them to get enough food for themselves every day.
If you do not have enough space and you still want free range chickens, you should only raise a few of them.
On the chicken run, the ideal space for each chicken is between 12 and 15 square feet.
For a chicken to qualify as free range, it must spend at least two hours per day outside, but the more hours the better.
An important consideration when raising chickens free range is that although you allow the chicken to roam freely, you should not expose them to unnecessary danger.
This can come in the form of extreme weather conditions such as heavy downpour, extreme temperatures, etc.
, and dangers from predators such as foxes, snakes and raccoons and hawks.
To protect them from the former, make sure the chicken coop is able to shield them and keep them indoors when the elements are too harsh and to protect them from the latter, make sure the perimeter wall of the chicken run is made from wire mesh that is at least one foot underground and that the top is covered by a wire mesh too