date:May 30, 2012
ny higher bird density is acceptable only where regular rotation of birds onto fresh range areas occurs and close management is undertaken which provides some continuing fodder cover).
In summary, the proposed standards:
will cover on-farm practices relating to the rearing of pullets (where layer chicks are purchased and reared until they are dispatched to egg laying facilities), and the production of eggs from laying hens (including caged eggs, barn-laid eggs, free range eggs and specialist