Keeping chickens properly
There are 70,000 private chicken-keeping operations in Switzerland. To keep chickens healthy, owners must understand their needs.
In Switzerland there are an estimated 70’000 private chicken-keeping operations, and the trend is rising. The Federal Food Safety Office and the STS publish recommendations at huehnerrichtighalten.ch.
Providing sufficient space
For three to six chickens, an enclosure should ideally measure 60 square metres. The pasture should be surrounded by a sturdy fence to prevent predators such as foxes from entering.
Keeping chickens healthy
Hygiene and cleanliness around the coop and run are important. Chickens must be observed daily. The decision to acquire them should be carefully considered: chickens can live up to ten years. More on the topic of animal rights and animal welfare.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
