When California voters in 2008 passed Proposition 2 requiring more room for housing layer hens, it seems there was no science behind it and very little thought given to the long-term ramifications of the legislation. Now, California’s chickens have come home to roost, as it were, in the form of shortages and outrageous egg prices.
A new study of commercial scale layer housing alternatives may allow future decision-making to be done in a more systematic fashion.
Poultry Extension Specialist Dr. Darrin Karcher of Michigan State University was one of the researchers involved in the study.