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What is the environmental variation between the free range chickens and the caged chickens?
free range chickens are more free to move however caged chickens are like they are I prison and can hardly move
Is the chicken from KFC free range or caged?
The chickens that KFC use are not caged. The chickens used by KFC are called broilers and broilers are not raised in cages at all. They are certainly not free range either. Broiler chickens are kept in barns which are massively overcrowded, polluted with their own excrement and the chickens are pumped full of growth hormones which causes all sorts of health problems. They may as well be in cages.
What is the difference between Free range eggs and Battery eggs?
Free range egg is when the chicken is allowed to move around in a filed and have a life. Battery eggs is when the chickens are caged and can not move around and they sometimes get infections.
What are free-range eggs?
The yolk of a free range egg is normally darker orange in color. Much more tastier than a poor caged bird. If you buy from a local farmer then they will be able to tell you how their chickens are kept. Eggs from the supermarket come from commercially raised chickens. The USDA has no regulations on what constitutes are free range egg. Therefore a non-free range chicken can have free range eggs. And a commercially raised free range chicken is usually not free range.
How are free range chickens marketed?
As free-range, natural, no hormones , cruelty-free. Whatever justifies the higher price. To me , they taste wild, like prairie chickens.
Do battery chickens produce 15 less eggs than free range chickens?
No
Why is the food yield higher from battery chickens than free range chickens?
free range chickens are free to run around outside, and have lots of space and grass to be as natural as possible battery chickens are kept in barns of thousands, and can hardly move because of the other animals. they are unhealthy and lots die due to the poor conditions. free range is normally more expensive to buy, but is better for the chickens
What is difference in energy between caged hen eggs and free range eggs?
Caged hens are usually in one spot and are fed artificial nutrients. Free range are what you think of in a traditional hen coop where they eat what they come across as well as feed that might be given to them.
Do chickens eat insects?
Yes they do. A few free range chickens in your yard is a natural way to keep insects in control and you get free eggs in exchange.
What is a battery-reared chicken?
A battery is the word coined for massive, cage filled buildings where chickens are kept while they lay eggs or fatten up for slaughter. Consumer demand for low cost eggs and chicken meat resulted in low cost methods to increase production and meet demands. Caged hens are easier to maintain that cage free or free range chickens.
How much food should you give a free-range chicken?
You don't. "Free-range' chickens forage for their own food, so they must be a low-density (fewer chickens per acre) flock for the insects and greens naturally available to sustain them. Herding (chickens with a hen house and small yard, into which you throw feed, is NOT free range.
Do free range cows live longer than caged cows?
Cows are not birds, thus they cannot be caged, they can only be stabled or confined to a corral. As far as life span is concerned, that all depends on what the culling standards are of the producer. Typically, though it is agreed that "free-range" cows do live longer than so-called "caged" or confined cows.
