平ひら飼がい

noun

free-range farming; floor feeding

Refers to raising poultry or other livestock in an open barn or on the floor rather than in cages. Often contrasted with cage or battery farming.

• この農のう場じょうでは平ひら飼がいで鶏にわとりを育そだてています。

  This farm raises chickens using free-range methods.

• 平ひら飼がい卵たまごはケージ飼がいの卵たまごより値ね段だんが高たかい。

  Free-range eggs are more expensive than cage-raised eggs.