Layers with untreated beaks on a commercial farm

In northern Europe, the race is on to gain as much experience as possible with managing layers with untreated beaks. Consumer demand and legislation will lead to a beak treatment ban soon. Not so in France, where a ban is still far off. That said, a first trial with layers with untreated beaks has now been underway for ?60 weeks. The current flock of birds at the layer farm of Earl Le Cozler in the department of Brittany (Bretagne) is the 28th flock since the farmer switched from the carpentry