PROFITABLE AND COST LESS, FREE RANGE CHICKEN, BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN.

When you are deciding to go into free range chicken flocks, there are some things you need to put into consideration.

Before free-ranging your chickens there are some steps you should take to make sure your flock gains the most benefits from free-ranging.

Often one of the first things a new chicken owner wants to do is let the flock out to free-range. One of the joys of owning chickens is watching your chickens doing great, as they interact with each other, with you, and their environment. Free-ranging provides a larger and more varied environment for chickens. Before free-ranging your chickens, there are some steps you should take to make sure your flock gains the most benefits from free-ranging, and make it safe, and that they return back to their cage or house safely at night. Taking care of animals is one of the work of animal farmers, you are also to provide them with a safe environment. There is no way to ensure 100% safety, but there are ways to make their free-ranging as safe as possible.

First, let’s define free-ranging. It does NOT mean turning your chickens loose outside and letting them fend for themselves. If you look at USDA regulations, you’ll find that in order for poultry producers to label their chickens as free-range (or free-roam) they “must demonstrate to the Agency that the poultry has been allowed access to the outside.” That broad definition allows a lot of leeway in how to manage your free-range chickens. It does not specify the quality of the outside area, the amount of outside area or the duration of time spent outside. If you purchase free-range eggs or chickens, it would be a good idea to find out what that specific producer considers "free-range."

For the purpose of this post, we will discuss backyard chicken, not large poultry producers. We will also define free-ranging as allowing your chickens to be outside of an enclosed pen for all or part of the day. That doesn’t mean there can’t be fences. Chickens can free-range within a larger fenced-in area such as a pasture, a field or even a back yard. Just remember that while fences will help contain your flock, chickens can and do fly over them. And while many fences may help contain chickens, they do little to keep out of predators.

In deciding whether or not your chickens can free-range, you should study the benefits and dangers of free-ranging and decide what will work best for your particular flock. There is no “one size fits all” method of free-ranging. Some people decide that the dangers are too great, and so they work to provide their chickens with a large run where they can still get plenty of exercise and fresh air but in a protected environment. Others let their chickens free-range while managing the risks as best they can.

First, what are the benefits of free-ranging?

Benefits of free-ranging
Reduced feed costs – When chickens free-range, they eat bugs, grasses, seeds, leaves and other treats they find outside, and that means they eat less feed.
Higher quality eggs and meats Free-ranging provides benefits to chickens that are raised for meat as well. “free-range chickens have 21% less total fat, 30% less saturated fat and 28% fewer calories than their factory-farmed counterparts." Simply put, eggs and meat from free-ranged chickens are healthier than caged chickens.
Insect control – Chicken love to eat a wide variety of insects. When they free-range, they are able to find and eat more insects. Many people let chickens free-range in their gardens during the winter to help control grubs and others.
Having free range chicken in your backyard is also a good such of income, when you need money urgently you sell grown up chicken in you free range chicken.
Free range chicken are not costly because they feeds on grass, insect and others, and you can use process feeds to complement their feeding.

Both local and foreign chicken can be use as free rangers.