In January 2012, a European directive was passed which prohibited the use of conventional battery cages for laying hens and introduced replacement enriched cages. This had a major impact on chicken ...

“The poultry standards and guidelines allow for a range of egg production systems, including larger furnished cages, barn and free-range. It is only conventional (unfurnished) cages that are ...

Its ground chicken -- from all-natural cage-free chicken -- goes for $5. ... The average cost of conventional ground turkey is more expensive than its chicken counterpart, but pasture-raised ...

Conventional cages are generally about 50 centimetres ... Third generation Wodonga-based poultry auctioneer, Braham Metry, runs poultry actions in Euroa, where a farm recently detected a new ...