Did you know...?

· 2.4 million battery hens are farmed each year.
· 95% of all layer hens are battery hens.
· They produce over 60 million dozen eggs per year.
· People consume 200 eggs on average per year.
· There are approximately 130 egg producers in New Zealand.
· 20% of these account for 50% of the total egg production.
· Due to selective breeding each hen lays about 310 eggs per year.
· Her wild ancestor, the junglefowl, would lay 10 to 20 eggs per year.

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