Laying hens belong on pasture where they can spend their day exploring and scratching in the grasses for insects, dust-bathing in the earth, stretching their wings, socializing with other hens, and ...
Approximately 305 million egg-laying hens live in the United States at any given time. Between 90 and 95 percent of these birds are packed into tiny, barren wire cages that are stacked in rows, one on ...
Scotland could become the first part of the UK to ban egg companies from keeping chickens in cages. The Scottish government has announced a new consultation, external on outlawing the use of cages ...
So, as farmers go about their farming business, here are 10 things you can do to encourage hens to lay their eggs in clean nest boxes. There will be no need to discard dirty eggs again with these ...
Mr Fairlie said the Scottish government's most recent programme for government had included commitments "to improve the welfare of laying hens to ensure their confinement does not negatively ...
Eleven years after it committed to phasing out confinement for pigs and laying hens by 2018, Calgary Co-op’s is facing renewed calls from an animal-welfare organization to provide a public update on ...