About the research
Did you know that laying hens stay on a layer farm until they are one and a half years old? "But maybe this can be as much as 4 months longer, provided their health, welfare, and egg quality are still in order," says Karolien Langendries, from the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. She and her colleagues investigate what support old laying hens need to lay good eggs for longer.
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