Layer hens typically are housed in sheds the lengths of football fields in long rows of battery cages, which are stacked several tiers high. The small cages hens live in are termed “battery cages.” A ...

The use of battery cages for birds was banned in the UK in 2012. But there are still more than 1.1m chickens in Scotland kept in "enriched cages", which provide birds with more room to nest ...

With increased area, head scratching, body shaking and feather raising were performed at a higher rate and cage pecking at a lower rate. .. Welfare implications are briefly discussed.

meaning they come from hens that are not kept in specific types of small cages called "battery cages" or "colony cages" that ...