Layer hens typically are housed in sheds the lengths of football fields in long rows of battery cages, which are stacked several tiers high. The small cages hens live in are termed “battery cages.” A ...

Cage-free hens can wander about their barn, which is certainly a step up from the cramped conditions of battery cages. These ...

These systems offer chickens more room to move, perch, and express natural behaviors—a stark contrast to the restrictive battery cages used previously. The move represents a win for animal ...

The organisation is calling for a ban on all types of cages for egg-laying hens by 2007. A new European directive will outlaw battery cages throughout Europe from 2012. However, the law still ...

Many of the state’s 5 million egg-laying hens are housed in “battery cages,” he said, containers with the same rough dimensions as an iPad. “This bill is critical, but it’s also an ...

Almost two-thirds of Canadians support banning the use of battery cages to house egg-laying chickens, a new poll shows. Across the country, 63 percent of Canadians would back a legislative ban on ...

With increased area, head scratching, body shaking and feather raising were performed at a higher rate and cage pecking at a lower rate. .. Welfare implications are briefly discussed.

The first major corporate policies committing to being 100% cage-free came about in 2015. Those pledges are now coming due.

Professor Christine Nicol obtained a degree in Zoology from the University of Oxford, and then completed a PhD on the welfare of laying hens housed in battery cages. Her concern for the welfare ...