Egg laying hens
Going to work on an egg may be out of fashion, but we do eat one egg approximately every other day. In total, the UK alone consumes over 29 million eggs per day.
High production values
Laying hens have been bred for egg laying. Some hens can produce over 300 eggs a year. Chickens will naturally live for 6 or more years but after 12 months, the hen’s productivity will start to decline. This is when most commercial laying hens are slaughtered.
Intensive farming
Inside the battery cage
Battery cage eggs come from hens kept in small cages where their natural behaviours cannot be expressed.
They are prevented from foraging for food, nesting, roosting and dust-bathing.
This causes hens extreme physical and psychological discomfort.
There are a number of welfare issues for egg laying hens.