Packages of Perdue Harvestland “free range” chicken sit on a refrigerated store shelf. Just because a package says “free range” doesn’t necessarily mean the chicken ever left the barn. Ames Alexander ...

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside. File photo: In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...

You’ll pay extra for “free-range” chicken at the grocery store. While that label conjures up bucolic images, the reality may differ from what you imagine. Free-range chickens are housed by the ...