He rears 1,500 pasture-raised chickens, which are kept in mobile pens in a field. Mr Ford's chickens are a slower-growing variety, slaughtered when they are 77 to 80 days old. Mr Ford says that ...
Patterson considered raising broiler chickens — those raised solely for ... has access to at least 108 square feet per hen of pasture to roam free and forage outdoors as they please.
Unlike cattle, which require many leisurely months on pasture, chickens and pigs can be stuffed with feed and turned into meat in short order. Unsurprisingly, then, the agricultural methods ...