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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... From: "Janet Baraclough" Subject: Cow manure fertiliser Date: 02 October 2003 22:25 The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: My curiousity drives me to display my ignorance: What is involved in keeping chickens in a run, and what constitutes a free range chicken? Chickens are omnivores. Given a the chance they eat grass (lots), seeds, weeds, insects, worms, mice, frogs, bugs, grubs etc. They constantly scratch and peck, foraging for food, even when they have ample commercial food cut into peck-sized pieces and served up in a clean container.The yolk colour and taste of eggs and meat from chickens fed that way is superb; that's what, as a chicken keeper, I classify as freerange chicken. Also, hens dustbath. 4 chickens, put in a fenced grassed run the size of a living room, will soon peck, scratch and dustbath it into a bare earth run devoid of life. One way round this is a moveable run to conserve the grass, and give the birds access to fresh supplies of worms etc. Or, you let them run loose on such a large area that they can never wear down the herbage, which is what we did. We kept a handful of chickens on almost 4 acres and they made no impression on it at all. According to you, then, a "range" may be subdivided into "runs" which are used consecutively. Have I got it right? If so, it sounds like an eminently wise way to organise a proper chicken farm. Apologies. Not only did the topic line vanish, but the attributions got mangled. Franz |
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