Free range

As free range keeping animals, usually of livestock, on a site with an outlet outside of stables is called.

Free range in various animal species

Sows

In the alternative free range about 15 sows per hectare on a level surface. This enables high animal welfare services at low investment and a slightly higher feed conversion. But it is less environmentally friendly than the stabling due to the geographically uneven feces and Harnverteilung.

Laying hens

In the farming free range means that the animals have an outlet in the open air. In organic agriculture, this farming method is the most widespread and is subject to additional requirements.

Hunting and

In the aquarium free range means the attitude of, mostly non- native fish in the garden pond or water containers outdoors.

Rabbit Farming

In ( breed ) rabbit rabbit circles are generally isolated, housed individually in pens, boxes and cages. This is done though meadows are present especially in the rural growers. A certain type of outdoor free-range run some breeders by allowing grazing on the flat lawn, these small grazing animals in the summer during periods of good weather in small, wood - displaceable wire mesh enclosures. At night, the animals are then put into the barn again individually. This form of temporary free-range has many problems in itself. The Kokzidiosegefahr is much higher than with the traditional bay attitude. In the narrow outlet racks occurs between rabbits sometimes bloody ranking battles. The extremely revier bound, shy, fearful prey animals are overwhelmed by the sudden entry into a different environment and react with excessive escape behavior. Often the animals did not provide adequate protection and shelters will be offered within the free-running enclosure. Thus (for example, a dog, a cat, a strange, sudden onset of noise, etc.) is run in panic-stricken flight reaction against the wire mesh in case of imminent or perceived danger. A real Escaping in an acceptable shelter (such as a hedge, a hole in the ground ) is de facto impossible. The rabbit sitting on the open meadow in their outlet grille so how on a salver. In response, try the rabbit out of the cage to dig out. By their nature, rabbits are so shy, nervous and anxious like wild animals. If they have the opportunity, they flee from the people. When taking the animals crouch and try quietly to remain undetected. When you lift up these animals experience fear of death and take an apathetic, crouch. If these animals are rotated to the back so they fall even in a kind of shock.

A new movement within animal probably interested rabbits holder practiced other entertainment concepts. The animals are not unnecessarily exposed to capture, lifting, or carrying around one- lockout. At various pilot projects in the field cage- free freewheeling and free-range rabbit being worked on. The containment and protection of the rabbit coalfield is tested using electrifiable small animal pasture fences. These high, close-knit electric fences are used primarily as protection from predators. This form of free-range is of importance to offer the rabbits within their freewheeling coalfield acceptable, cool in summer " cave " in a naturally structured landscape. This Kaninchenhöhle, a barn, shed, a basement room or a stone house be, that is accessible for the coach standing foot. This cool open stable is at ground level for the rabbits independently of its free-wheeling area through a tube or a flap.

Disadvantages of free range in conjunction with factory farming

Chickens use the outlet mainly the stables. At high stocking density (as in industrial poultry farming ) quickly leads to damage to the sward, so that the resulting nutrients are no longer bound from the feces and may seep into the groundwater, when the operation of the outlet does not maintain it.

The animals have to go looking for food contact with the feces and thereby pathogens from the feces of the animal. However, this also occurs with other management practices, particularly in the soil and battery cages for laying hens.

Ban at risk of epidemics

From 20 October 2005 to 15 December 2005 was the free range chickens in the whole of Germany, and has been banned in Austria and Switzerland and compulsory stabling. This measure was intended to prevent the spread of the H5N1 avian flu that has passed from Asia to Europe, and over affected areas ( restricted areas ) was also then temporarily imposed.

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