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How free are free range chickens? I have been paying extra for free range chickens. I dont mind doing this but someone told me at the weekend that free range chickens are only let out for an hour a week. Is this true? Where can I get a truly free free range chicken? I have been buying the free range chickens in M&S. Are they any better or worse than others?
How much freedom do free-range chickens have? Free-range chickens must have some barriers, for example they cannot leave the farm or a certain section of the farm. How free are free-range chickens in either (or both) absolute terms or in terms relative to non-free-range chickens. Thank you.
How come " Free Range" chickens don't taste as good as cooped chickens? If free range chickens are suppose to be better than why don't they taste any better than the regular chickens?
Why do free-range chickens cost more to keep? Boiler chickens have food in front of them for 23+ hours each day, the sheds are using fuel almost non stop for lighting and warmth and more workers are needed to carry out inspections twice each day. Free range chickens are only kept 17 days longer, but they will eat less because they do not have interferance from artificial lighting and I assume that their shed are not heated. There must logically be other costs, but would that make them more expensive to keep than Boiler chickens?
My free range chickens went on my neighbors property and scratched up their so called lawn.? My neighbor is mad but they don't have a real lawn. We live in a rural area. Do I have any rights as a single mom trying to feed my kids with home grown eggs? Could my neighbor sue me for damages or do free range chickens have a right to range?
do you think my german shepherd mix will kill my 6 chickens if they are free range? if my german shepherd mix dog is running around where the free range chickens are, then do you think that she will be chasing them and possibly kill them?
comparing free range chickens with butter intensive farms? this is for science. as i was searching on the internet i couldn't find anything about this subject. if anyone knows can you please tell me. just in case here is the question: "compare free range chicken farms with buttery (intensive) farms. why do farmers and costumers choose one or the other? which is the cheapest - why? which is the best for the chickens - why?
Will free range geese get along with free range chickens? If they both are free to have their own space, will they get along? will the geese kill the chickens? I want to get either african or chinese geese. what suggestions do you have? are there any helpful websites I could refer to? They are both free range and there is ample water.
What do I need for Free Range chickens? I am thinking about starting free range chickens. i'm looking to have about 150 in my 100 acre cow pasture. I'm wondering what I need. I know I need some type of shelter for them and nesting boxes. I was thinking about doing three groups of 50 hens spread through the pasture. also what do I need to wash and grade the eggs I collect? any info is greatly appreciated!
What is the difference in terms of quality and nutritional value between free-range chickens and caged ones? please please please i've been googling it but so far, no luck. i need this to complete my comparison paper. and also, be specific in answering. I already know FREE-RANGE is healthier and tastier but I don't know by what means.
Where do the big food stores get their free range chickens from? Is there really enough free range and land to supply these people?
Does Claxton Poultry use free range chickens? I am wondering how the chickens are raised at Claxton Poultry(www.claxtonpoultry.com). Are they free-range chickens? Or are they stuck in a factories all their lives squished in a tiny cage surrounded by their own waste? I would like to know what I am consuming. Thank you.
How to protect free range chickens from predators? I have chickens on fenced 2.5 acres. Some neighbor's dog got 3 of them. I will shoot next time I see the dogs in the yard. What about other predators.
How do you feel about people owning their own free range chickens and cattle? Raising them on their property (again, with free run) with some living out their lives on the farm but others being used for consumption (and knowing that the slaughter was quick and humane). Are you against this also or just the inhumane slaughter houses? I was just curious on vegan/vegetarian views on this.
What are some good foods for free range chickens? We own some chickens and we want to know some food for them.
Raw whole milk, free-range chickens, raw milk cheese, whole milk yogurt benefits? I was reading a friend's book about getting rid of sugar, fructose products, soy milk products which seems self-explanatory. Free-Range chickens eating healthier and living healthier and the eggs produced make sense. But he suggests the above items and I don't want to follow a suggestion and find out raw milk products and cheeses may have more health risks than benefits. Right now I'm sticking with Pasterized Homogenized Milk but wondering if there are any real studies on Raw Milk products?
What to feed my free range chickens? so im about to get some chickens that i intend to let roam on my five acres of property to find there own food. another source of there food will be table scraps. however i feel that some percentage of there diet should be some kind of grain/mash/scratch, but im not sure what to get and what ratios i should use! Any suggestions would be AWSOME!! :) Thanks!
What's the best way to raise free range chickens? i have a pair of game chickens, and i wanted to know is, if i keep them in a coup for a week than let them out, and they come back to roost at night, will they go back to the old coup if i move them to a new coup, and leave them there for a bit?
How many days is an egg good to eat, after my free range chickens have laid? Please ask if you don't understand the question - I don't think I have worded it very well!
How to look after free range chickens? I need a few answers to my questions Were do I keep them? I have a pen made and there's no grass just hay is that ok? In my pen there's a few plants it's that ok? Can they run around our garden and fields near without any wire to keep them in? Will they be safe around my labradour? What do they eat and how much? Thanks
Anyone raise free range chickens? I have several chickens and they are currently penned up but i got a coop and was wondering if anyone raises free range chickens and what are good tips for someone starting to raise free range chickens. Such as do i lock them up at night?
How do I keep hawks from killing my free-range chickens? It's illegal to shoot them. I've tried setting up a dummy owl and shiny pie pans, but still the problem remains...
Do you think caged hens produce better eggs than free-range chickens as they are more focused? To liken this to humans - we don't let call centre staff wonder around outside.
I urgently need to know when free-range Warren chickens become productive and when their productive life ends? For those people who don't know a Warren chicken is a cross breed chicken, between a Rhode Island Red and a White Leghorn chicken, this is a URGENT request from any users on here, i would appreciate any help, i have searched myself but haven't came across anything apart from welfare issues relating to chickens. Also it does need to be about free range, but if no-one can find any decent info on Warren chickens or free range, then generally would be ok. Thanks
How can we tell if our free-range eggs are really from free-range chickens? Since people are willing to break the law to make a profit how can the consumer be safe? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/49433.stm
where can i find free range chickens? i live in wheaton ill. and i want to find a local farm that either raises chickens, hens, pigs, or cows. i dont want to get my meat and dairy from some store where i dont know if the animals have been treated horribly. i want to find a place where i can get them and KNOW they were treated right. can someone please help?
In which Saturday Night Live season was the skit: Musicians for Free-Range Chickens? I would like to know the season and/or episode number where this skit appeared. I believe Michael Bolton was either the musical guess or the host for that episode.
Free Range Chickens and red cabbage juice? Someone gave me a bottle of this purple liquid (it looks like cabbage juice) and they told me to put it into the chickens water, but i don't know if it's just a plan to kill all my chickens!
Owning a Free range chickens? I heard about free range chickens and I was wondering how would a person own a chicken and free range it?? Wouldn't the chicken run away? How would the owner now that the chicken would stay around the yard?
This is for mainly UK people who watched Hughs chicken run, do you buy free range chickens or eggs? the recent programs showed appauling conditions that chickens in an intensive farm are put through in their short life. Has it influenced your choice of chicken? Hugh's chicken run was a 3 part documentary made by a well known chef, hugh, about the conditions chickens are reared in both free range and intensive farms.
Why do free range chickens form groups when living on the same farm? I think there are different breeds.? I'm doing a report for school and need some details answers. The chikens I'm asking about live on my father's farm. The chickens have made their own groups (3) on their own. Is that because of there breed? I don't think that their all that different. They don't eat, sleep or hang out in the same area.
Free range chickens? Has anyone changed their buying habits since seeing the "chicken-out" campaign on TV? I went to the supermarket this morning determined to buy a free-range bird, but they only had standard birds on display. I bought one that looked like it didn't have any hock burns. It was the CO-OP by the way. Are they naughty? Am I a hipocrit? Find out in the next exciting installment of " I'm am intensively farmed chicken, get me out of here" (preferably into my oven with a bit of sage and onion)
Will free range chickens escape? I have a half acre fence in for chickens. Can I let them free range all day and lock them up in their coop at night? I have a 6' fence in most of the yard, but at one part in the yard it's only about 3'. Will they get out? Can I train them to stay in the yard?
information on free range chickens and their eggs!? i need some statistics on free range chickens compared to non free range, also any other information, i've tried searching the web, but can't find any info! if you could also try to include websites in your answer, it would be extremely helpful! thanks! xx
Questions about egg-laying in free-range chickens ? For anybody who has free-range hens without roosters, or knows about free-range hens: Do the hens care whether their eggs are collected? Do they try to incubate unfertilized eggs? Also, will hens lay unfertilized eggs at the same rate whether their eggs are collected or left in the nest? And will hens only lay quality unfertilized eggs if fed a special/commercial diet? Any info would be appreciated, thanks!
Raising free range chickens? My family owns a small farm about (70 acres) & we're trying to go organic well i'm wanting to get some free-range hens so we can have fresh eggs. Where can I go to make sure that my chicks are ACTUALLY from free-range antibiotic free chickens? I'm thinking about ordering them from a catalog do you know any names for the catalogs? Also where can I get organic or natural chicken feed from? Like I said I want everything to be organic & humane as possible so any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks most of the farms close by are no longer around bastards sold out now theres suburbs :( so I have no clue where to find other organic farms
Omega 3 in free range chickens? How would you maximize the omega 3 content in your own home grown free range chickens?
How Safe are Free Range Chicken Eggs? I do not agree with supporting a company that keeps their chickens in cages. I have been buying free range chicken eggs from a local farmer. Someone told me that these eggs are not safe, as the chickens can eat anything, and are not inspected are thoroughly. Is this true? Is it that big of a risk? Thanks! what type of inspections are performed on commercial eggs? is it anything special ... that free range eggs miss out on, that could put me in danger?
Does organic, free range chicken lead a more normal, content life? I am lacto-ovo vegetarian (eat eggs & dairy). I want to know if free range, organic chickens for eggs have a more normal, content life. Are they laying eggs for us their whole life? Will they get kill some point in their life for their meat? I hope animals lovers answer my question. Or those that know about farming. No joke please. Because I eat an egg everyday and wonder how the chicken are treated. Or do I have to give up eggs, also.
If KFC did a free range chicken option would you eat it again? I love the taste of KFC but i feel bad for those neglected chickens so i've stopped eating it. Well apart from when i'm wasted and loose all my morals! But if KFC offered a free range option for the people with guilt issues would you go back? or even pick it over the normal chicken? and would premium would you be prepared to pay?
i want to start up a free range chicken farm and need some advice? i want to know if i can house free range chickens on a allotment so i can do the same sort of thing that HUGH did on tv a few weeks ago ?
Would anyone be willing to give a tour of a profitable free range chicken farm? I'm looking to start a free range chicken farm. Would anyone be willing to let me tour their chicken farm and give me some pointers? For ex: whats more profitable selling eggs or raising chickens for meat or a little of both? I just don't want to reinvent the wheel.
Do you insist on buying FREE RANGE chicken? Non free-range chickens are apparently kept in very small cages and boosted with hormones and antibiotics. Do you pay the extra $$$ for free range or doesn't it phase you?
Letting our chickens free range first time? So we bought 4 bantams two weeks ago, and they have been kept in a run and hen house, closed at night in the hen house and the run in the day. The lady we got them from has them semi-free range, they have an enclosed field with barns around the edge in. I was wondering how best to introduce them to being free range in out garden and the fields around us? Any other tips about getting them in at night would we good please! thankyou :)
I have free range backyard chickens. They have had chiggers in the past and used carbaryl and it worked? Is it likely this is seasonal and they should get dusted on a regular basis? What are other methods of controlling chiggers?
Free Range Chickens As Pets? I want chickens that can be free range on my property. I will provide food and water, but i don't want them in a coop. When I was young we had chickens running around like this. They slept in a tree to be safe from animals. What would the best breed be?
free range? i can buy free range chicken, free range eggs, but cannot buy free range chicken livers why?
Why should we buy free-range chicken? Regardless of how well we treat them, the chickens on our free-range farms would not even exist if it were not for the fact that we breed them to kill them. Jamie Oliver's TV show was excellent, but how can we furrow our brows and worry about the welfare of chickens when the sole purpose of their existence is to grow big enough for us to slaughter them?
why do free range chickens produce eggs with more protein than battery (cage) chickens? i am doing a science experiment and i need to know why free range eggs have more protein than cage eggs
Battery Chickens or Free range? Can you afford to buy free range and do you feel guilty purchasing cheap chickens, like 2 for a fiver from Tesco after watching the way the chicks are reared in battery farms? I wonder if it will affect the sales in the big supermarkets since the programmes went out last week? And that thing that was done on Fridays TV when J/Oliver compressed the chicken carcasses and said it was used for sausages etc, that was sick.
Whats the most efficient way to feed free range chickens? I have a flock of chickens on my farm and they roam freely. I want to feed them in a way where feed won't be wasted, it seems wasteful to just spread feed over the ground. I've tried using home made bamboo feeders, but my chickens tend to peck at each other when at close distance, and only the biggest seem to get their fill this way. I just want to feed them all properly without wasting feed. would love suggestions.
Musicians for Free Range Chickens....? Im looking for a Video from SNL, It was "musicians for Free Range Chickens". I cant Find it on You Tube. Anybody know where i can find it?
Free-Range Chickens, and The Wrongfully Convicted.....? free-range chickens. they have lots of open, outdoor space. they're free to run, peck, scratch, dig....whatever and whenever they'd like. silly little things. eating grasses, grains, bugs, etc... all things they enjoy. the Justice Dept. estimated that, out of the over 2,000,000 (thats 2 MILLION, kids) men and women currently in jails and prisons in the US, get this: 6% to 8% are TRULY INNOCENT. that equals 120,000 to 160,000 people doing time for crimes they never commited. how does that make you feel? lucky chickens. aw, man...i knew it. i knew SOMEBODY was going to bring up the fact that the chickens are going to be eaten. you're missing the point entirely. vick: according to what i read, 'wrongfully convicted' MEANS innocent. good answer, flyindustman. point taken.
At what stage did h.f.whittingstall decide that free range chickens were better than battery ones.? battery chickens taste a whole lot better than free range,surely he found out when he was doing his series,with all his local friends tasting, did he try battery hens( i think not) .Me, i'm an out of work factory worker,er battery chickens that is,Thanks Mr W thanks a lot.
Question about free range chickens? I have recently had to start eating meat after being a veggie for many years due to health reasons. I am wanting to buy a chicken to cook for a family meal and want to ensure that it has not been in a battery farm or cooped up in a cage etc. Is there a symbol or something that I have to look for on the label? Will it say free range or freedom to roam on the ticket like eggs do? I have heard that some free range chickens are still kept in cages but the cages are a little bigger, so I want to make sure that I am buying the right thing. Thanks.
The meat from the free range chickens we raised is very tough, need cooking advice and recipies? I raised chickens for the first time this summer. They were free range on the farm. They were a dual purpose breed (not the broiler type). We butchered them at about 20weeks old. I dont know if we let them get too old, maybe we did something during the butchering process, or if they are this way just because they were able to run alot on the farm. What ever the reason, the chicken tastes great! It has great flavour, and it is not dry, but... it is very tough, so much so that my husband wont eat it! Does anyone have any advice on ways that I could cook this chicken to help with the toughness of the meat? Maybe I could cook it in the slow cooker? All of the chickens are 4-6lbs and were frozen whole. We dont like anything too fancy, just a simple recipie that will help. I am also open to any advice about how to avoid this problem when raising them next year.
As a Vegan, do you still oppose to eating eggs even if the chickens are free-range and live a happy life? My uncle has chickens and they are kept so well, outdoors always fed on fresh grains and the eggs taste lovely, i would never dream of buying battery hen eggs. I am a vegetarian, and sometimes when i eat eggs i am torn cos i think its a chicken fetus, i dont know if im right in saying that but that's Just my thought. What about you vegans/ vegetarians?
Free-Range Chickens?!?!??? What is the taste difference(s) between free range and regular range chicken? ---I know regular range isn't a word, but it sounded cool----
Has anyone made the switch to free range and have sales of battery chickens suffered this week? Since Hugh H-W's show during the week and Jamie's one tonight. To be honest I'm ashamed to admit I'd never really thought about Chickens. I have always bought free range eggs but never considered how the meat birds were treated. I done my shop today and went free range - can't wait to cook them to taste the difference!
How high of a fence for a pet free-range chicken? I am wondering how high of a fence is required to keep a pet free-range chicken in the yard? I don't want to do a new fence, just see if my current one is good enough. Also, does a pet chicken need to go somewhere safe inside at night? (no dogs or predators have access to the yard.)
What is the Best Breed of Chicken for Free Range? I am a poutry breeder, but I am new to free range. Also, do I have to do anything special to a free range chicken?
If you order a free-range chicken from the butchers? Then how do you tell if it really is free range? Would butchers be honest and sell you a genuine one, or just pass anything off as free range, when in fact, it's not? Are butchers able to buy in free range chicken? Is is 'safer' to just go to the supermarket and buy a labelled one?
Have you noticed how much better a Free Range Chicken tastes? I cooked a free range chicken last night and it was superb. Wish I could afford it all the time.
Can baby chickens live free range? I just got some Rhode Island Red Chicks and they are getting too big. They really have an odor and I need to get them out of the aquarium. I plan to make a spot where they can rome around. They are about 3 weeks old. Any additional Chicken facts will help. Please help! I want them to have a healthy life.
Where in Georgia can I find eggs that are truly free-range? By "truly," I mean that the chickens have been allowed adequate space and live in a humane way. I live in the Atlanta area. Also, I'm interested in finding poultry from truly free-range chickens. The Rock Farm someone suggested closed some time ago.
I have free range chickens but all but 2 chickens refuse to go back to the coop why? and how do i fix it? These chickens have been in the coop for a year and they started out free ranging about 1 month ago. I was pretty sure that all the chickens would know to go ohme to the coop but 2 just sleep on the porch. i am afraid they will soon be eatin. I alos have tried locking them in the coop to see if they would learn that it was home but nothing worked I was thinking maybe they were not as intelligent even though shickens in general are not but i didnt know if they cud be less intelligent
what do organic free range chickens eat? i ate chicken at 9 oclock last night and it tasted so strong that after i ate it i was really sick, i still feel rough now at 12 noon the next day,, the chicken was free range and organic and the date wasnt up until the 18th jan so im wondering why it tasted so strong,,, its put me off chicken for life....thanks so that means the bird could eat poisonous plants and mushrooms and allsorts.... im never eating free range again in my life hi yogi, i bought it and cooked it on the same day plus i always over cook chicken just incase.... its 20 hours sinse i ate it and i just feel groggy
Where do free range chicken wings go? there are free range breasts, legs and drummers so what do they do with the wings?? I only see battery wings!
Does Nando's use free-range chickens? or are they battery chickens?
is there a store in San Jose CA that sells Organic Free Range Chicken? I found out that Foster Farms raises their chickens 13000+ in small un movable quarters. And their feed has msg. So, is there a store out here that has free range chicken? Thanks
how to free range your chickens? i have a hen name sunshine i wanted to free range her.
am i really helping chickens by buying free range brown eggs? my wife and i buy brown eggs that are certified free range. i'm told this statement isn't worth the carton it's printed on, bc the chickens only get 15 mins a day outside. is this true? or am i actually contributing to humane farming?
What is the expected annual income for a small free range chicken farm? please don't say stupid stuff like how small, just tell me and how could it benefit a community ok I wasn't very clear EGGS not meat
How do I get my free range chickens to range where I want them to be? I was given a flock of free range chickens, a nice bunch of mixed types. They have taken to ranging into the neighbors' fields, and roosting in their cherry orchard. How can I convince them to roost in my own acreage? There are good conditions here for free-ranging, including lots of places to scratch and hunt for bugs and such, also some trees that would be good for roosting....if I can just get them to come home!
Do you buy natural, organic, free range, and USDA approved products and food? Do you and your family buy things with natural ingredients and that are organic? Do you buy free range chickens? Do you buy USDA approved meat? Do you buy cosmetics that were NOT tested on animals? Do you buy eco-friendly products? Just wondering if people are trying to save the environment and animals! I also use Swheat Scoop, a litter made from shredded wheat!! It is super bio-degradable and landfill-friendly. If anyone has cats, please use it as your litter!
Will eating free range chickens help to broaden my horizons? Expand my outlook on things, open my mind?
How many people are going to go free range? After watching Hugh's Chicken Run and Jamie's Fowl Dinners this week, how many of you are going to only buy free range chicken and eggs from now on? Personally I've always bought free range eggs, but never thought much about the actual meat............but from now on it'll be free range all the way!!
I went to Asda today and they have no Free range Chicken!!? I think they missed a trick with all the programmes on at the moment, there were 5 other people asking about free range at the same time as me.. If anyone works at Asda sort it out!!! ( i know this isnt a question, but feel free to answer me I will give the points out, to the person who gets in there first.
Do Subway still use Free Range Chicken? I feel like going for a Subway roll, but won't eat chicken unless it's free range - can anyone help? I know they went free range a while ago, but i'm not sure if it still is.
Survey: Do you buy Free Range Chickens or battery ones....? Actually no its not the same thing! Organic is better - free range simply means they have access to graze anywhere without restrictions.... "What the deuce!".... Stewie.....
im tired of vegans saying meat is unhealthy, what about fish and lean cutts, free range chickens may i go on ? i understand if your a vegan due to animal cruelty or doctors orders but anything else i would call it a mental disorder, there is plenty of meat that is not unhealthy fish being a good example, you can abuse any diet even your vegan diet, if i ate donuts and cakes all day i would probably have shorten my life dramatically, and those of you who say fish is full of chemicals and does the enviroment harm are not educated enough about farming practices and the use of chemicals, sprays, and etc. i understand there is organic and the same goes for fish farming, at the crayfish farm i worked at the farmer and us worked together he used our wasted water as fertilizer and we used his rice to feed our crayfish, we both labeled our product as organically grown,also there is the topic of diseases associated with meat, sorry isnt good enough either, all you have to do is cook your food to get rid of this problem or boil it if your really scared " same process to store canned food " my main question is why do vegans say meat is unhealthy? you are; i come to this site to get some good ideas on side dishes and etc. and when i start looking i always see somebody talking about how unhealthy meat is and etc. it makes me sick to see how " vegans bash meat " our crayfish has little or no fat same with most fish it is very tasty and healthy alternative to pork poulty and cow, my body couldnt cope with the grease and etc, but there was no way i could become a vegan, i cant live on side dishes for the rest of my life aleister: i agree with you there some not all meat will raise chlestorol im living prove of that, but my point is there is a lot of other alternatives to greasy meat, some say the oil in fish will lower your count dramatically some types of fish have no fat content at all asleep: ill repost this topic everytime i see what i call is non-sense and no we were not officialy labeled by the fda as organic but however there is several other fish farms in this area that has the official stamp of approval, " fda certified " and also i am not talking about heavy meats and what i think your trying to say is meat heavy in fat or chlestorol your totally missing my point as usual and the term factory farms, what is the definition and how is it harmful, any farm plant or animal is harmful to the enviroment if done improperly with the use of chemicals or pesticides just look what ddt did to the enviroment and not to mention a few others still used today matt: ur another totally missing the point, there is no such thing as prions or mercury in organic fish, fish farms by law have to submit before even becoming a farm samples of water, soil, and stock before selling onto the market, you can get these samples through research of any company that has a liscense to sell food products people this is my main question why do people say meat is unhealthy? i really dont care how enviromentally damaging it can be because this can go both ways, plant or animal, do your research, and if you want to go clean and healthy with no chemicals or hormones buy organic
How do i know if the chicken is free range? I thought it went by the grade, i normally buy grade A thinking its free range, someone told me that thts just the quality of the chicken. Does it just have to say 'free range' on the packaging? thanks Im from the uk sorry
Survey: Have you ever been against "free range chickens," because...? ...you want to know exactly where the chicken you eat has been?
Help please.. Free range & organic chicken? Hi. As far as I know, there are the following types of chicken available: Battery farmed chicken Free range chicken Organic chicken It's number 3 I am a bit confused about. If a chicken label says "organic" does this automatically mean it is a free range bird as well? Or could it be a battery bird simply fed organic food? Thanks.
have you been inspired to buy free range eggs & chickens? cos of all the tv progs about it recently
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