What is free-range farming? What is the current situation of free-range poultry farming in my country?

Free-range poultry refers to poultry raised by farmers in courtyards and idle spaces in front and behind houses, or poultry raised in fences on grasslands, farmland, woods, hillsides, or water bodies of a certain area, or in small-scale poultry houses. Raised poultry. There are no formal poultry houses in this way of raising poultry, and simple open or semi-open sheds or small nests are often used as places for the poultry to rest and lay eggs.

Free-range farming on grassland

Free-range farming on orchards

Free-range farming on woodland

Free-range farming on grassland

Free-range farming on mountainous areas Raising

Free-range poultry farming in courtyards

Free-range poultry farming is a traditional and common way of raising poultry in rural areas of my country. Of the more than 10 billion poultry sold every year in my country, about 60% to 70% are free-range in rural areas. It is an important source of income and livelihood security for thousands of farmers. However, in modern poultry production, the disadvantages of free-range poultry are increasingly obvious. Its facilities and production technology are backward, non-standard, and production efficiency is low; the breeding scale is small, the age of the poultry varies, and "all in, all out" cannot be achieved; the sanitary conditions are poor, epidemic prevention is difficult, and regular disinfection and epidemic prevention cannot be carried out. There is even no disinfection and epidemic prevention plan at all, and the use of vaccines and veterinary drugs is not standardized. The probability of infectious diseases and other diseases in poultry is relatively high. Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve the free-range poultry farming methods in rural areas of our country.

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