Technical handbook
Cage-free production systems for
commercial egg laying hens
Technical handbook for routine handling practices used with hens raised in cage-free rearing systems.
This guide shows the correct management of important stages of egg laying hens rearing so that is more efficient and precise.
This handbook includes the technical guidelines on basic but highly relevant handling practices not always obvious to everyone. The practices contained herein, if routinely followed and implemented, help ensure the welfare and productivity of commercial egg laying hens raised in cage-free systems. This guide is a tool designed specially but not exclusively, for farmers and consultants who provide technical assistance to production systems of cage-free laying birds, including those with access to outdoor areas.
Learn how to optimize and diversify the management methods you adopt in raising cage-free hens!
This handbook aims to promote knowledge and share information about alternative systems for raising laying birds; it does not replace the HFAC standards for animal welfare certification of Egg Laying hens.