Beak trimming of laying hens

22 March 2010 by

The large majority of commercial laying hens are still routinely beak-trimmed in all types of husbandry systems. In about 90% of cases, the infra-red (IR)-beam method is used, which has superseded the hot-blade method of beak-trimming in most hatcheries.

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