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Building a suitable chicken house for free-range chickens

Free-range chickens are chickens that live in a relatively free environment. Compared with traditional caged chickens, free-range chickens can enjoy the benefits of free movement and natural food. Building a suitable chicken house is the key to ensuring that free-range chickens can have a good living environment and stay healthy. Below we will introduce some key steps and precautions:

1. Choose the right venue

First of all, you need to choose a site suitable for building a chicken house. The site should be away from industrial and pollution sources, with sufficient lighting and suitable air circulation. In addition, in order to facilitate management and care, the site should be easy to enter and clean.

2. Ensure adequate space

Free-range chickens need enough space to move freely and rest. Determine the appropriate chicken house area based on the number and size of the chickens. Generally, each chicken needs at least 1-2 square meters of space.

3. Provide suitable temperature and humidity

The chicken house should maintain a suitable temperature and humidity. The temperature should generally be between 15-25 degrees Celsius and the humidity between 50-70%. The temperature can be adjusted by appropriate ventilation and heating equipment, and the humidity can be adjusted by controlling the water supply and the sewage system of the chicken house.

4. Provide enough light

Light is one of the important factors for the healthy growth of chickens. Sufficient natural light needs to be provided in the chicken house to ensure the normal biological clock and photosynthesis of the chickens. If natural light is insufficient, it can be supplemented by artificial lighting.

5. Provide appropriate drinking water and feed facilities

In order to facilitate the chickens to drink water and eat, the chicken house should provide appropriate drinking water and feed facilities. The drinking water facilities should be kept clean and the water should be changed every day. The feed facilities should be able to avoid waste and cross infection.

6. Maintain hygiene and epidemic prevention

Keeping the chicken house clean and hygienic is an important measure to prevent the spread of diseases. Clean the chicken house regularly, remove chicken manure and weeds, and disinfect and kill insects for prevention. At the same time, pay attention to the health management of the chickens, and regularly check and prevent the occurrence of diseases.

By building the above points, you can provide a good living environment for free-range chickens and ensure their health and productivity. Now I hope you have a better understanding of how to build a suitable chicken house. Thank you for reading!