Why are chickens and ducks raised in rural areas so clean in free range and so dirty in captivity?

Now there are free-range chickens in the countryside. Free-range chickens are cultivated in an expanded area, with 200 chickens per mu and 666.7 square meters. If it is 666.7 divided by 200, a chicken is 3.3 meters, while captive chickens are different, with 4 to 5 chickens per square meter. Therefore, captive and free-range chickens are completely different breeding environments, and so is raising ducks. Free-range ducks are clean and kept in captivity.

Free range chicken

We all know that free-range chicken is to expand the farming area. If 200 chickens are raised on an acre of land, then three square meters should be closed to raise a chicken and duck. If chickens are raised in this environment, their bodies will be particularly clean. These chickens find a place to take a bath every day, that is, dig a big hole with their claws and mouths. Bathing can brighten their hair and kill bugs. Generally speaking, chickens are raised there. So free-range chickens are particularly clean. These free-range chickens will never shit in the bath. Free-range chickens have a fixed place to shit.

cage chicken

Raising chickens in captivity means choosing a place to increase the breeding density, which is about four chickens per square meter. Chickens raised in this environment can defecate anytime and anywhere if they have no fixed place to defecate. If they are not cleaned in time, they will stick to the chickens, because these chickens can't stand at the main station and always move back and forth. Sometimes they have to lie down and have a rest, which is inevitable.

Free range ducks

(1) Free-range ducks are by the river. These ducks only eat duck feed twice a day, and spend the rest of the time looking for food in the river. There are many microorganisms in the river, as well as insects, small fish and shrimps, and various aquatic plants, all of which are the food of these ducks. In addition, ducks swimming in the river soak in the water every day. These ducks often comb their feathers to make them more beautiful.

② The ducks in captivity are different. Fix the ducks in one place and dig a big puddle in the space where the ducks move. Ducks bathe in this puddle. If the water in the puddle is not changed in time, the water will be particularly dirty. Ducks can't wash their feathers if they bathe in this water. Even white ducks are yellow, so they are not as clean as free-range ducks.

If you raise chickens in pens, you can change the environment. Within the scope of its activities, it can pull some fine sand to the battlefield to solve the problem of chicken bathing. In addition, eating fine sand can supplement calcium and help chicken digest. This is a good thing to kill three birds with one stone and can be solved.

If it is a captive duck, change the water in time, keep the pool clean, and let the captive ducks wash their feathers and look beautiful.