The invention relates to the technical field of livestock and poultry feeding, in particular toa free-range raising method of local chicken. Local chicken are bred in forest land, isolation nets are arranged around a forest, and chicken houses and auxiliary management equipment are arranged in the forest; forage grass with good shade tolerance is planted in the forest; chicken are let out to enter the forest at morning such that local chicken eat the forage grass, earthworms and the like in the forest, and the chicken are driven back into the chicken houses at evening. Feed is fed respectively once at noon and dusk, and the daily feeding amount of each chick is not greater than 80g, in the growth season of forage grass, the forage grass is cut for chicken to eat; and when the body weight of each local chick reaches 0.4 to 0.5kg, free-range raising is adopted, and when the body weight of each local chick reaches 1.5 to 2kg, the chicken are put into the market. The free-range raising method solves the problems that the traditional local chicken raising period is long, the disease resistance is weak, the grain consumption is great and the weight of the chicken is generally light. By using the forest land for raising local chicken, food such as grass, fresh air, sufficient sunlight and suitable temperature and humidity in the forest land are fully utilized, the chicken are kept healthy and strong in disease resistance, and few diseases occur.