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1. Do you own poultry or have experience with them? Yes!
2. What poultry do you have experience with? Chicken and Guineafowl.
3.How were they housed? In a garage with plenty of space and different coops for certain flocks. My Guineafowl roam free around the garage.
4.Were they allowed to free-range? Occasionally (due to predators and housing).
6. If free-ranging was allowed, what do you consider the pros of this method? The pros are at a minimum. Yes, there are a few good pros... But personally it is a dangerous habit.
7. What are the cons? Way too many predators, they are not watched nor do they stay close. There are more possibilities of germs... (I know germs are possible non-free-ranged too, but more with free ranged).
8. Were the poultry raised for egg production, meat production, or something else? Egg, bug control and family.
9. If for egg production, did free-ranging affect the quality of the egg? Please describe: It can be helpful, but also dropped since mine don;t lay in a continual spot.
11. Overall, do you believe free-ranging benefits the birds? Please describe: There are a few amount of benefits for free range... But very few.
I hope I am doing this correctly... Good idea, hope you get very good grades!
1. Do you own poultry or have experience with them? Yes!
2. What poultry do you have experience with? Chicken and Guineafowl.
3.How were they housed? In a garage with plenty of space and different coops for certain flocks. My Guineafowl roam free around the garage.
4.Were they allowed to free-range? Occasionally (due to predators and housing).
6. If free-ranging was allowed, what do you consider the pros of this method? The pros are at a minimum. Yes, there are a few good pros... But personally it is a dangerous habit.
7. What are the cons? Way too many predators, they are not watched nor do they stay close. There are more possibilities of germs... (I know germs are possible non-free-ranged too, but more with free ranged).
8. Were the poultry raised for egg production, meat production, or something else? Egg, bug control and family.
9. If for egg production, did free-ranging affect the quality of the egg? Please describe: It can be helpful, but also dropped since mine don;t lay in a continual spot.
11. Overall, do you believe free-ranging benefits the birds? Please describe: There are a few amount of benefits for free range... But very few.