It’s all relative. Secondly, hens are housed in colony cages, extending the boundaries of the environment significantly. I’ve personally seen hens spreading their wings in these cages many times.

As momentum built against keeping the hens in battery cages, the industry responded by offering colony cages that it referred to as “enriched,” which offered a bit more room. One of the third-party ...

Barren colony cages are often used for housing of breeding and research quail, especially within laboratory animal housing systems. These systems provide for ease of care and the maintenance of strict ...

Battery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012. The ruling said that if laying hens were to be held they must be in enriched - also known as colony - cages instead. The enriched cages ...

all New Zealand cage egg brands omit the word ‘cage’ entirely from their packaging, using vague and confusing terms like ‘colony’ or ‘colony laid’ instead. SAFE says current egg labels ...