Layers

Respectful eggs come from white hens which are not fed soya, with the replacement field beans milled on-site to reduce food miles required to feed the birds. Photo: Sainsbury's

03-08-2022 | News

Carbon-neutral eggs going down a storm

The HenTrack project will monitor the behaviour, health and welfare of individual laying hens during the laying period. Photo: Hendrix Genetics

26-07-2022 | News

Moves to enhance laying hen breeding wins philanthropic financial backing

The decline from enriched cage housing to non-cage housing in the EU is continuing and amounted to approximately 3.1% in 2021. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman

22-07-2022 | Article

Shift to cage-free for hens in the EU continues

In the UK and EU, the cage free movement is driven by activists, exploiting the lack of consumer understanding of barn production. Photo: ANP

27-06-2022 | News

From cages to cage free – an industry perspective

Tesco has pledged to continue to source all its shell eggs from the UK. Photo: Tesco

10-06-2022 | News

Egg sector gets market support from UK’s leading retailer

Eggs at a minimarket Sever in Orenburg, Russia. Photo: Supplied

27-05-2022 | News

Russian egg farms suffer over a conflict with retailers

Promoting product innovation to boost egg consumption

25-05-2022 | Article

Promoting product innovation to boost egg consumption

Protest action in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST)

23-05-2022 | News

Asia-wide protests against McDonald’s use of cage eggs

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

Avian influenza

Gordon Hickman, head of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) exotic disease control division, said that while the 2025/6 season had seen substantial losses, the decision to put in housing measures much earlier than in previous years seems to have successful. Photo: Supplied

28-05 | News

Meeting the ongoing challenge of avian influenza in the UK

The government is working together with the poultry sector on a plan to make vaccination against avian influenza mandatory for laying hen farms. Image created with the help of AI.

27-05 | News

Dutch government moves towards mandatory avian influenza vaccination