layers

The NFU has argued that UK egg producers invested nearly £400m in 2012 when they replaced battery cages, which had led to a big improvement in animal welfare. Photo: Koos Groenewold
04-10-2021 | News

New bid to end cages for UK laying hens launched

The 2 single-floor, cage-free barns in Dong Nai province house 6,000 birds and can bring around 1.5 million cage-free eggs to the market a year. Photo: V.Food
01-10-2021 | News

Vietnam’s first certified cage-free egg brand launched

Yum! Brands pledges to transition to 100% cage-free eggs across at least 25,000 restaurants by 2026. Photo: Brianna Santellan
22-09-2021 | News

‘Largest and longest’ global cage-free campaign a success

CPF has applied the European cage-free standard at Wang Somboon farm. The closed chicken house has a low stocking density of 7 laying hens/sqm compared with the general standard of a maximum of 9 hens/sqm. Photo: CPF
03-09-2021 | Article

CP Foods revs up cage-free production

Photo: Orffa
02-09-2021 | Article

Impact of maternal nutrition on offspring: Focus on selenium

27-08-2021 | Article

How to optimise layer breeder flock performance

Vaccines help to a great extent to prevent diseases and complications that result in the need for antibiotics. Photo: Henk Riswick
23-08-2021 | Article

Ways the US layer industry deals without antibiotics

Access to the range is mandatory in organic production, however, not all hens dare to venture out into the open. Photo: Peter Roek
11-08-2021 | Article

FreeBirds project advances organic production

Consumers around the world are increasingly demanding eggs from free-range hens. Vietnam is joining other Southeast Asian countries in the movement. - Photo: Lennon Cheng
21-07-2021 | News

First cage-free barn opened in Vietnam

Chris Martin of Wairarapa Eggs with his free-range flock of 24,000 birds. - Photos: Chris McCullough
21-07-2021 | Article

Farm report: Desperate times call for desperate measures