free-choice

1 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or supplied according to the method of free-choice feeding

fed solely on free-choice grains and meals

—Poultry Farming

free-choice

2 of 2

adverb

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: by free-choice feeding

salt may be fed free-choice

—C. F. Rooks

hogs fed free-choice on minerals, corn, and supplement

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