Consumers expect organic broilers to stay outdoors. At the same time, range use may improve chicken welfare. However, in some farms a low number of chickens uses the range daily.
Solution
Providing a range area with varied vegetation and artificial shelters encourages range use. The house should have a covered veranda, as smooth transition to outdoors, to encourage chickens to use the range.
Description
This FreeBirds Practice Abstract gives practical recommendations for designing the free-range area of an organic chicken farm to stimulate the chickens to go outside more often. Providing a covered veranda and more varied structures in the range will encourage chickens to go out and may also help to prevent welfare problems.
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