Show it takes time to clean the range for chickens clean range tor for young chickens is good insurance according to H L shrader of the united states department of agriculture clean range however does not mean mere neatness and removal ot of scraps and refuse time is the main cleaning factor a and nd it takes 2 years to make a range clean enough to be safe shrader defines a clean range as one that has been free of chickens for at least 2 years and one on which poultry manure has not been spread in 2 years poultry parasites will die for lack of a chance to m multiply A clean range free of parasites gives young chickens a chance to grow without a handicap an ideal range shrader adds also supplies plenty of shade for the hot summer months and an abundant supply of succulent green feed and fresh water that is not contaminated tamina ted by parasites |