Comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of free-range chickens and caged chickens

There are still many farmers around the world who are raising chickens in the free-range stage. Today, we will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of whether chickens are free-range or caged.

Disadvantages of free-range laying hens:

1. The breeding density is low, and a large land area is required for stocking.
2. The egg production rate of free-range laying hens is low. Free-range chickens have always been in the natural environment. Natural factors such as wind and rain will cause great stress and affect the egg production rate of chickens.
3. The epidemic prevention of free-range chickens is difficult. Free-range chickens are in direct contact with manure, soil, wild birds, etc. The risk of coccidiosis and avian influenza is high. This also leads to a higher mortality rate for free-range laying hens.
4. The labor cost of free-range laying hens is high. Feeding, collecting eggs, and epidemic prevention all require a lot of manpower.
5. The feed waste of free-range laying hens is serious. The troughs for free-range laying hens are outdoors and are often eaten by birds and other animals.

The advantages of free-range laying hens:

1. Free-range laying hens exercise a lot every day, so the meat quality is better than caged laying hens.
2. Compared with caged laying hens, free-range laying hens can eat vegetables and insects outdoors, and the flavor of eggs is unique.
3. The coat color of free-range laying hens is better than that of caged laying hens, and the elimination price of free-range laying hens is higher.

Advantages of caged laying hens:

1. It is conducive to the realization of factorization, standardization, standardized management, and environmental automation control, and obtains the benefits of scale.
2. The breeding density is high. For free-range breeding, the breeding density can be increased by more than 10 times.
3. The egg production rate is high, and the closed chicken house can effectively avoid the stress response due to weather and other factors. Hightop battery cages can help you increase egg production to over 96%.
4. The closed environment can better carry out epidemic prevention work. The closed environment plus Hightop’s environmental control system, automatic manure cleaning system, etc. can help you build an ideal environment, help you increase the egg production rate, and reduce the death Rate.
5. The labor cost of raising chickens in cages is low, and 2 people can manage a farm with 80,000 chickens.
6. There is an automatic feeding system for feeding. The Hightop automatic feeding system includes a feeder and a homogenizer, which can not only save feed but also save a lot of labor costs.

Disadvantages of caged laying hens:

1. The initial investment is relatively large.
2. The appearance of the eliminated chickens is poor, and the selling price is relatively low.

To sum up: If you want to get a better income, the cage is a very good choice. When the number of chickens is large, the Hightop battery cage is your best choice.

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