How much is a jin of free-range chicken? Four tricks to keep weasels from stealing your chickens

As people's living standards gradually improve, green and eco-friendly food is becoming more and more popular. For example, free-range chickens and ducks raised in the countryside are quite well received. So how much is a jin of free-range chicken? How do you keep weasels from stealing your chickens?

1. How much is a jin of free-range chicken?

Free-range chicken is a very popular food on the market, and its market price is mainly determined by its quality. If it is a free-range chicken raised by farmers themselves, it costs about 25 yuan per jin. This kind of free-range chicken has no hormones, has been fed on coarse grains since it was young, and has a long growth cycle, taking 8 to 12 months to grow into an adult chicken. Free-range chickens raised on farms generally cost around 18 yuan, varying from place to place. This kind of free-range chicken is usually fed feed when it is a chick, and then switches to coarse grains after reaching a certain weight.

2. Why is free-range chicken so expensive?

1. Most free-range chickens are raised freely in woods or orchards, which is closer to the requirements of green and eco-friendly production.

2. Free-range chickens have a longer rearing cycle, generally taking about 6-12 months to reach adulthood.

3. Free-range chicken meat is firmer, and its meat structure and nutritional ratio are also more reasonable.

4. Free-range chickens get more exercise, so intramuscular fat is deposited more evenly, and the taste is better than that of ordinary chicken.

3. How do you keep free-range chickens from being eaten by weasels?

1. Keep a dog

Keeping a dog is a relatively simple and effective method. If you keep a dog, it is recommended to train the dog's hunting ability from a young age to cultivate its alertness. Weasels are still rather afraid of dogs, especially dogs with a relatively small build. This is because weasels have a relatively slender and long body and are good at escaping and burrowing through holes. Large dogs are not as nimble and flexible in action as small dogs, find it harder to catch up with weasels, and pose much less of a threat to them. At this time, if there is a dog with a petite build, especially some relatively fierce breeds, then the weasel will be so frightened that it does not dare approach the chicken coop.

2. Keep geese

Some people will have doubts in their hearts when they see this method: can keeping geese prevent weasels? In fact, domestic geese are brave by nature and very aggressive, and are extremely easy to provoke. Any stranger or creature that gets too close to them will stir up their fighting spirit. When a goose is preparing to attack, it spreads both wings, stretches its neck forward, and puts on a furious look, pecking with its beak. The fighting power of a goose can rival that of the fiercest dog. Moreover, geese have keen hearing and a natural sense of vigilance, and their ability to guard the home is no less than that of domestic dogs. Therefore, raising geese together with chickens allows them to get along harmoniously with the flock while also protecting the chickens from weasel intrusion. It can be said to be a good method that kills two birds with one stone.

3. Install lights or sound-emitting devices

Installing touch-activated lights or sound-emitting devices at the entrances and exits of the chicken coop can effectively drive away predators approaching the coop. The weasel is a very clever and alert animal. When they approach the chicken coop, a sudden light or sound will definitely make the weasel flee quickly, and there is no problem scaring them badly, so it plays a very good preventive role.

4. Eliminate rats

Do a good job of rat control. In fact, what weasels like to eat most are rodents, so sometimes weasels are attracted by rats in the chicken coop. At this time, doing a good job of rat control may reduce the number of times weasels visit the chicken coop. There are many ways to eliminate rats, such as placing rat traps or glue boards.

I do not recommend placing traps for catching weasels in the chicken coop. Weasels are nocturnal animals, and chickens cannot see at night. The traps placed may accidentally injure the flock, and weasels are nationally protected animals. If a large number of them are killed, you will be punished. So we should still focus on driving them away and prevention, and not harm weasels.