Chicken ranching versus chicken farming?

[Katy]

Well as I said before I've never really thought about which side my chickens belong on, but I don't think any true cattleman/woman probably would include chickens as part of their cattle operation. I'd include my chickens in our farm, not the ranch part of our operation if I had to make a choice.

 

[michickenwrangler]

As my name suggests, RANCHING

But we're doing it on a small scale and not really raising anything else other than subsistence gardening and orchards, so I guess we're on the cusp of farming/homesteading as our spread isn't very big and we rarely have excess to sell (with the exception of eggs)

 

[greathorse]

Serioulsy it seems that my family and in my past farms were acerages that were tilled, planted and harvested. Ranching was a management of ground on which usually cattle were run on. I still think it is regional. In illinois the term ranch never came up as far as I can remeber.

 

[Royd]

Is animal husbandry considered farming or ranching?

 

[AtHomeDaddy]

I refer to my 1/4 acre backyard as The Chicken Ranch.

 

[PineappleMama]

I always thought Farm = Flora and Ranch = Fauna

But, since most family farms have chickens, a cow or two, etc... well wouldn't those be ranches?
Unless you look at it in % form... IE if most your land is dedicated to crops, then you're a farmer.
If most your land is for animals, pasture, etc then you're a rancher.

*shrug* All the critters we have... I just call it home.

 

[Dr HaHa]

OK maybe this will help. Do you ride them or herd them? Then maybe it's a ranch. If you raise them and bury them in the ground feet up then maybe it's farming. [Feet down doesn't work, those aren't roots you know] BUT if you raise them, pet them and love them then maybe more than likely you're a farmcher. I'm sorry but it's true. It means a life long goal of making things better for yourself and everyone else. Thanks!

 

[Rosalind]

I make ranch dressing. Does that count?

 

[Wildsky]

which came first, the ranch or the farm?

does it really matter?

 

[Sasquatch]

Since Chicken Ranch is sometimes used for a house of ill repute, I call mine a farm.