Mr John Njuguna the director of Renray Poultry Solutions collecting eggs in his farm located in Ruiru, Kiambu County.[FILE,Standard] Most poultry farmers in Kenya are practising the deep-litter system ...

Battery cages for layer hens are to be phased out under a new Code of Welfare released today by Primary Industries Minister David Carter. From tomorrow (7 December), no new battery cages can be ...

In what’s been described as a “significant win” for animal welfare groups, a household staple will be phased out after a lengthy battle. Egg-laying chooks will be free of barren, wire wages as of 2036 ...

An independent poultry welfare report commissioned by the Victorian Government has found caged hens have five times more fractures than hens in other systems. The research by animal behaviourists at ...

Initially, the phase-out period was to begin in 2016, but the committee is now proposing to push this back to 2018. Photo / Thinkstock The group responsible for phasing out battery chicken cages ...

Egg farmers in Canada will phase out the use of conventional cages over the next two decades, their trade body has said. It comes in the wake of sustained pressure from consumer groups on retailers ...

An attempt is being made by a Conservative animal welfare group to outlaw the use of enriched cages in egg production in the UK. Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) patron Henry Smith MP has ...

Egg-laying chooks will be free of barren, wire wages as of 2036 following a historic decision by the Independent Poultry Welfare Panel. The board, commissioned by agriculture ministers across the ...