Research Interests: the impact of moving poultry to new housing systems in
the table egg industry factoring inthe management challenges, food safety implications and hen well - being.
UK production 826 million dozen
table eggs annually from the following farming methods: 50 % cages (conventional or enriched); 42 % free range; 8.3 % (barn & organic)(2010);
Industry estimate the UK market split for 2012 to be 43 % enriched cage, 50 % free range (of which 3 % would be organic) and 4 % barn.