Table 1.

Characteristics of the 10 all-natural pastured poultry farms sampled over the 3-year period.

	Farm A	Farm B		Farm C	Farm D	Farm E
Breed	Freedom ranger	Freedom ranger	Cornish cross	Freedom ranger	Freedom ranger	Freedom ranger	Cornish cross
Flock size	>500	50–75	50–75	50–75	50–75	50–75	50–75
No. of flocks	10	3	2	1	1	1	4
Length of grow-out (weeks)	10–11	13	13	12.5	11	11	9
Multiuse farm?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Animal types	Layers, swine, beef cattle, and sheep	Layers, swine, horses, and goats	Layers, swine, horses, and goats	n/a	n/a	Layers, swine, beef cattle, and sheep	Layers, swine, beef cattle, and sheep
	Farm I		Farm J		Farm K	Farm L	Farm M
Breed	Freedom ranger	Cornish cross	Freedom ranger	Cornish cross	Freedom ranger	Freedom ranger	Cornish cross
Flock size	100–500	100–500	50–75	50–75	100–500	>500	50–75
No. of flocks	5	3	1	1	2	2	1
Length of grow-out (weeks)	11–12	9	11	9	11	11–12	11
Multiuse farm?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Animal types	Layers, swine, and goats	Layers, swine, and goats	Layers	Layers	Layers, beef cattle, and goats	Layers, swine, beef cattle, and sheep	Layers and swine