Cage-free conversion yields egg farm more hens housed

摘要

Layer welfare schemes establish minimum space requirements for hens, and cage-free layers are provided more space per bird than their cage-housed counterparts. So, converting a cage house to cage free would logically mean you wind up with fewer hens housed, except that isn't always the case.Henning Construction invited Egg Industry to tour a high-rise farm that is undergoing a conversion fromhigh-rise cage housing to two floors per house of cage-free aviaries. Utilizing the bottom floor of the layer house, where manure was stored under the cages, and the top floor, where the cages were placed, allows for all of the interior space to be utilized by the birds.