There are renewed calls from animal rights advocates for an end to colony-cage egg farms. The Open Wing Alliance launched an ...

After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems.

There are renewed calls from animal rights advocates for an end to colony-cage egg farms. The Open Wing Alliance launched an ...

While battery cages are no longer in use, colony cages are. Eggs sold at retail level from these colony cage systems don’t contain the word ‘cage’ anywhere on the packaging.

In the largest global investigation ever, The Open Wing Alliance reveals never-before-seen footage of systemic animal abuse and public health risks in cage egg factory farming. Alongside footage from ...

However, Michael Brooks of the Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand said colony egg farms were a "credible system". He said the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) "unanimously and ...

He welcomed progress, including work with farmers to phase out colony cages for laying hens, and praised retailers for pledging to end the sale of eggs from caged hens by the end of 2025.

The worker bees need eggs or less than 4-day-old larvae available to make a queen cell to produce a new queen. After the last capped brood hatches out, and if the hive is still queenless, the ...