how long do free range chickens get to stay outside for?

Answer 1

If you let them outside to range you usually do it after they have laid their eggs in the morning, which is by about 10:00 or 11:00, depending on your lighting timing. Most people prefer for them to lay their eggs in the nests in the coop, and not outside. They go back into the coop themselves as dusk approaches.

These sites give more information about free range chickens. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

It largely depends on the weather and the subsequent weather phenomena that may arise. For instance, the size of the precipitation particles and other stratospheric debris, such as, hail etc., may also have a profound effect on the duration of the chicken's outdoor escapade.
Aside from a Heath & Safety perspective, it also depends on the habits of the chickens themselves. Chickens, like people can be characterised as individuals; each having a specific trait and personality. One chicken may wish to strole happily on the green whilst other counterparts may wish to remain under the solitary confinement offered by the shelter. It's a debatable issue and one not to be taken too seriously

Answer 3

They get to have an all year round out door life style if the climate allows it.

I have friends who keep chicken in the garden until the weather gets cold then they knit them woolly jumpers for extreme cold and have their coups open so they can go inside,these chickens have the best eggs and produce through out the year.

Everyone also is named
Hens all have names starting with M
Cocks have names starting with R
no accounting for and eccentricity...

Answer 4

They don't actually even have to go outside to get called free range. They only have to access to the outside.

Answer 5

In the UK, the requirement is half of their life.
"The European Union regulates marketing standards for egg farming which specifies a minimum condition for Free Range Eggs states that hens have continuous daytime access to open-air runs, except in the case of temporary restrictions imposed by veterinary authorities"

Answer 6

I thought they were like chickens in the old days...got a large pen with a hen house in it. They roamed around during the day and at night went back into their hen house at their own free will. I could be wrong though.

Answer 7

free range just means they arnt in little cages.
conditions in the big sheds where these 'Free Range' birds live is still really bad.
Ducks , Turkeys , etc , its the same for them :(

Answer 8

That is what I heard they can go outside but they are still in a pen. YOur best bet is to try to buy local from farmers or go to an organic food store.

Answer 9

Usually mommy chickens make them come in when the streetlights go on.

Answer 10

aslong as they want thats why they call them free range when they are ready to go in the hen house they can