Meat Chicken Farmers

Number of farmers raising meat chickens, i.e., farmers who raise chickens primarily for meat consumption. Meat can be prepared in many ways, depending on local suitability and available resources, such as: 1. Free-range farming. This method is suitable for spacious rural areas, such as raising them in field heads or at the end of rice paddies. There are few chickens, released to forage naturally. Farmers may provide additional food if natural food is insufficient, placed in containers or scattered for them to eat about 1-2 times a day. Chickens will roost on branches or in coops. This farming method results in low production costs because significant food investment is not required. The produce is used as food for the family, and any surplus can be sold for money. 2. Semi-free-range or confined area farming. This is a method with low investment, suitable for raising both small and large numbers of chickens, by building a fence as a yard extending from the chicken coop. In this method, chickens are usually kept in the coop and released to the yard occasionally. Chicken owners will prepare food and water for them to eat at all times, as the chickens do not have the opportunity to forage naturally. 3. Cage or coop farming. This farming method is suitable for those with limited land, so a coop or cage is built specifically for the chickens to stay in only one place. The cage size is approximately 3 * 2 meters wide and long, holding about 15-25 chickens. The area size and number of chickens may vary. Construction materials may use bamboo because it is widely available and cheap. The roof material may be thatch or straw, but if raising a large number, zinc or tiles may be used instead to avoid frequent repairs.

Agency:

nakhonsawan-province

Licence:

License not specified

Category:

ข้อมูลสาธารณะ

Geographic coverage:

อำเภอ

Update frequency:

ปี

Years covered:

2019–2024

Source portal:

data_go_th

Updated:

25/07/2025

English title machine-translated from the Thai original

Record updated 422 days ago; states annual — due

The same record appears 2 more times on: gdcatalog, gdc_nakhonsawan — counted once here