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Choosing the right breed is important.   In the West, Cornish Crosses ( white feathered broilers) are free-ranged and pastured (grass fed).    In Malaysia, that's not possible.   They will die from heat-stroke. Many in Malaysia choose the Kabir ( a Sasso-type chicken) to free-range.    Like the Cornish Crosses, the Kabir too,   have very high metabolic rates and they will easily succumb to our mid-day sun without adequate shade and drinking water that is cooler than ambient.   Also, with their high metabolic rates, they need continuous feeding of...

Fixed houses (reban) where the chickens come out to range and go back in at night is not a good solution to free-ranging slow growing breeds in our wet, humid climate.  As the chickens can take up to 100 days to reach marketable size, the area around the house would be foul in no time. The solution is a movable tent, and fenced fields to keep moving the chickens onto fresh grounds. These...