Caring for our Hens
The hens are the heart of our farms. We love our ladies and we know that healthy, happy hens produce the highest quality and nutritious eggs. Our hens continuously have access to our custom-milled high-quality feeds, as well as clean filtered water, appropriate lighting, and management practices designed for optimal animal well-being. Keeping our hens healthy and free from diseases is an important component of our animal care program. We work with veterinarians and poultry specialists and strive to have healthy productive flocks. Our animal care philosophy and certifications are some of the most rigorous in the egg farming industry.
All of our hens in California, Washington, and Oregon are raised in cage-free aviaries where they are free to fly, perch, dust bathe, scratch and participate in healthy hen behavior. The Oregon and Washington farms completed their cage-free conversion in 2023.
Our Animal Welfare Certifications
Our animal care certification are some of the strongest in egg farming: American Humane Certified, Certified Humane, UEP Certified Cage-Free, QAI (Organic Certification) and SQF (Safe Quality Food Institute). Find out more about these egg farming certification on our “How We Farm” page.
Hens Flying and Perching
Our aviary style barns allow our hens to fly and perch – some of their favorite natural behaviors. They are free to perch and fly at will with plenty of space to turn and spread their wings.
Hens Dust Bathing
Hens enjoy the natural hen behavior of rolling in the liter floor – dust bathing. Our aviary style barns have plenty of space for hens to fluff their feathers and roll around in the floor litter.
Nesting Boxes
Our hens have access to comfortable nesting boxes when the the egg laying urge arrives – the red box in the photo. This is where your nutritious wholesome egg is produced. Now it’s ready to head to the processing plant for washing and packaging.
Social Behavior
Hens are social creatures and socializing with other hens in the house is one of their distinct behaviors. Just listening to all the the “buk, buk, buk, ba-gawk” tells the social story.