What are the common reasons for failure in free-range chicken farming?

Many rural areas nowadays are engaged in free-range chicken farming, mainly because the market for free-range chickens is better than that for ordinary broiler chickens, so more and more people are raising them. In the process of farming, some make money and naturally some lose money, and why do they lose money? There are quite a few reasons for this. Today the editor will mainly analyze a few of the most important reasons for failure in free-range chicken farming, and you can carefully understand and think about them.

1. Improper breed selection

There are actually many breeds of free-range chickens, and many broiler breeds can be raised as free-range chickens; the difference lies in the farming method. When raising free-range chickens, many people are very confused about breed selection, having done no specific market research, not knowing what breed of free-range chicken is suitable for local farming, and having not studied the survival rate, egg production rate, and hatchability of the breed. Then they just choose randomly, which has a very large negative impact on later farming. Also, some farmers, in order to save costs, buy cheap chicks from unlicensed places, which leads to a higher chick mortality rate; this is also one of the important reasons for farming failure.

2. Improper site selection and construction of the farm

The site selection and construction of a free-range chicken farm are the foundation of successful farming. First, we need to consider the national prohibition policy on farming, not farming in prohibited zones, to reduce unnecessary losses. Second, free-range chicken farming generally requires free-range raising, so it is best to have relatively vast woodland near the farm, away from crop fields. Also, it is best to choose a relatively quiet environment for farming to reduce the stress response of the flock. Finally, the farming area should have convenient water, electricity, and transportation for easy feeding management and transport. For the construction of the free-range chicken farm, we can invest at as low a cost as possible, but its quality must also be guaranteed. The most commonly used method now is greenhouse farming technology, which you can refer to.

3. Unprofessional farming techniques

Farming technique is the most critical point for successful farming, and the main problem for many people who fail is the lack of professional farming techniques. Many people raising free-range chickens nowadays have basically received no professional technical training, so when farming they do not pay attention to nutritional matching in feed and just follow ordinary domestic chicken raising, which is actually incorrect. Second, they are not very familiar with vaccine prevention and control for free-range chickens, so it easily causes large-scale disease, increases the mortality rate of free-range chickens, and thus increases the risk of farming failure. Also, during farming, management of the farming environment is inadequate and disinfection is not emphasized, which is also a common problem on many farms.

4. Improper fund management

Improper fund management is actually directly related to the success or failure of farming. Many farmers nowadays are actually not very good at managing funds, so during farming there may be problems such as insufficient preparation, cash flow issues, or a broken capital chain, which will directly lead to failure in free-range chicken farming. In other words, before farming, we must reasonably plan the use of every cent and determine the direction of development, so that every cent can bring out its greatest benefit.

Of course, failure in free-range chicken farming is not caused only by these reasons; many other problems can also cause farming failure, so we must analyze specific situations case by case. That is all for today's sharing by the editor. I hope the editor's sharing can help all friends who love farming.