Layers

The aim of this study was to examine if a warmed perch system, as a thermal device, could reduce cold stress-associated adverse effects in laying hens. Photo: Koos Groenewold

22-05-2022 | Article

Novel approach to reduce cold stress in layers

Increased awareness that climate change is affecting our current way of living has people around the world thinking more about what they are serving at their dinner table. Photo: Alltech

18-05-2022 | Article

Sustainable egg production supporting performance and environment

Confidence in consumer demand for free-range eggs has prompted leading European egg producers to commit not only to phase out cages for laying hens but to phase out combination systems as well. Tackling poultry superbugs across the globe. Photo: Peter Roek

14-05-2022 | Article

Companies continue to meet cage-free commitments

Black soldier fly eggs are given waste and in less than 2 weeks the larvae consume the waste, grow into adults from which co-products can be extracted. Photo: Entocycle

04-05-2022 | News

Protein alternatives support net zero, land management and sustainability

Free-range egg farmers in the UK report that market conditions had never been so bad. Photo: Alexas fotos

02-05-2022 | News

Is a mass exodus of UK egg producers on the cards?

Egg farmers in the UK are facing a startling speed and scale of rising costs. Photo Koos Groenewold

13-04-2022 | News

Crisis in UK egg sector as production costs soar

It is widely recognised that cage-free systems are generally less efficient than cages due to several production traits. Photo: Jack Caffrey

06-04-2022 | Article

Efficiency challenges of cage-free eggs

Rosie Morrison, age 8, from Scotland. Photo: Provided

06-04-2022 | News

Rosie donates egg sales cash to buy generators for Ukraine hospitals

An ecological fertilizer based on eggshells has been developed by Brazilian scientists.

01-04-2022 | News

Brazilian researchers turn eggshells into fertilizer

Mark Williams, British Egg Industry Council CE:: “...consumers can continue to buy eggs from free-range hens, albeit temporarily housed, while farmers can ensure the hens are safe as well.” Photo: Elastic Compute Farm

28-03-2022 | News

UK bird flu: Free-range eggs temporarily reclassified as barn eggs

Avian influenza

A study has uncovered specific regions across 9 different areas of the chicken genome where genetic variations appeared to play a role in helping protect chickens from bird flu outbreaks. Photo: Canva

22-11 | News

Genetic clues could help breed chickens resilient to bird flu