The bird flu outbreak is largely due to the close quarters and poor conditions of farmed animals in factory farming ...

The battery system protects the birds from adverse weather conditions and predators. Apart from the locked doors that birds are securely locked in individual cages making this system safe.

Civil society groups are urging key role players in the South African egg industry to reject what they say are ‘cruel and unsustainable systems, such as battery cages, and to make independent, ethical ...

Mary Muhati a widow at Lirhanda in Shinyalu practice battery ... chickens require energy, proteins, fats, minerals and vitamins. A chick consumes about 2kg of chick mash a day. We have designed ...