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For Your Information
Next, we will use your answers to the previous survey questions to calculate auction bids for each of the five egg products at the front of the room.
You will have the opportunity to change your answers to modify these bids. To help you determine what you should bid, we need to learn more about these egg products… …please follow along while we do that… 1
Cage System •
Barn Space Per Hen:
69 square inches per hen •
Barn Floor Space Per Hen:
square inches less than 69 •
Beak Trimming:
beaks are trimmed before 10 days of age •
Scratching… :
no room for scratching / foraging / dustbathing •
Nests:
no nest availability •
Free-Range:
no free range •
Group size:
group size < 7 hens •
Type of Feed:
chickens are fed non-organic grain 2
Barn System •
Barn Space Per Hen:
155 square inches per hen •
Barn Floor Space Per Hen:
per hen 155 square inches •
Beak Trimming:
days of age beaks are trimmed before 10 •
Scratching… :
scratching / foraging / dustbathing room (1.35 square feet / hen) •
Nests:
individual nests with bedding •
Free-Range:
no free range •
Group Size:
not available group size > 3000 hens, perches •
Type of Feed:
grain chickens are fed non-organic 3
Aviary System •
Barn Space Per Hen:
hen 186 square inches per •
Barn Floor Space Per Hen:
inches per hen less than 97 square •
Beak Trimming:
days of age beaks are trimmed before 10 •
Scratching… :
scratching / foraging / dustbathing room (1.35 square feet / hen) •
Nests:
individual nests with bedding •
Free-Range:
no free range •
Group Size:
group size > 3000 hens, perches available for fleeing •
Type of Feed:
grain chickens are fed non-organic 4
Aviary w/ Free-Range System • same as Aviary System, except that… • animals are allowed free range access with shelter & predator protection 5
Organic System • same as Aviary System with free-range, except that… • chickens are fed organic feed 6