The deep litter system of rearing birds is one of the popular methods embraced by commercial poultry farmers in Uganda. However, the system comes at the expense of big spaces, and a couple of other ...

World Animal protection while hosting a webinar has raised concern on the sustainability of the African poultry production, especially with the influx of battery cage systems that have been phased out ...

The poultry industry in Sri Lanka has shown a phenomenal growth over the recent past thereby making poultry products essential food items in local menus. The demand for chicken and eggs has therefore ...

Participants at the West Africa Free chicken conference have expressed concerns about the suffering of birds brought about by the rising trends of battery cage systems. For them, the battery cage ...

Despite opposition from animal welfare organisations that battery cage poultry farming is cruel, this system is gaining traction among Kenyan farmers who argue they save on space and improve egg ...

Poultry farmer Peter Kimani feeds his hens in Wakio farm,the hens in the cage make work easier and control food loss and contamination. [David Njaaga, Standard] Confidence in consumer demand for ...

The question, “How much room does a chicken need to lay eggs?” sounds like the start of a bad joke. Animal rights activists and Connecticut’s big-time commercial egg farmers don’t think there’s ...

Despite opposition from animal welfare organisations that battery cage poultry farming is cruel, this system is gaining traction among Kenyan farmers who argue they save on space and improve egg ...