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Healthy Hens Cross-Sectional Study: Findings on Husbandry and Health Conditions in Organic Layer Flocks

Explore the preliminary results of the cross-sectional study on organic layer flocks' husbandry practices and health outcomes. The study involves 110 flocks across 8 countries, focusing on factors like feeding, hygiene, parasite infestation, laying performance, and more. Discover the prevalence of issues like infections, feather pecking, keel bone fractures, and other health concerns. This epidemiological approach sheds light on organic poultry management practices and emphasizes the importance of holistic hen care.

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Healthy Hens Cross-Sectional Study: Findings on Husbandry and Health Conditions in Organic Layer Flocks

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  1. HealthyHens WP0: Common cross sectional design Husbandry Feeding Hygiene other Management (Genetics) WP1: Parasite infestation Laying performance WP2: Use of free range Mortality WP3: Feather and injurious pecking Body weight WP4: Other health problems (e.g. keel bone and foot lesions)

  2. Epidemiological approach with cross sectional design 110 organiclayerflocks 2 farmvisits slaughterhousevisitsfor 55 flocks 8 project partners in 8 countries University of Kassel, Germany FondazioneCRPA Studi Ricerche, Italy AarhusUniversity, Denmark ADAS UK Ltd., United Kingdom Louis Bolk Institute, The Netherlands University ofVeterinaryMedicine Vienna, Austria SwedishuniversityofAgriculturalSciences, Sweden Institute forAgriculturalandFisheries Research, Belgium HealthyHens

  3. HealthyHens Results so far: • Sample covers a widerangeofproductionconditions • e.g. coveredverandas, single/multitier, rangerotation • Most outcomesshow a gooddistribution • Infectionwith A. galli and Heterakis: 61 % of flocks at the end of lay • Featherpecking: 0 to 100 % • (Pecking) wounds: 0 to 96 % • Keelbonefractures: 0 to 88 % (mean 28 %) • Keel bone deviations: 0 to 84 % (mean 31 %) • A fewoutcomeswithverylow prevalence • Haematomas at keelbone • wormsotherthan A. galli and Heterakis (but worminfection in generalfollows A. galli and Heterakis infectionpattern)

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