Hens are housed inside climate-controlled barns in stacked rows of enclosures, with daily access to water and food. Each enclosure has wire mesh oors that allow
manure to drop through to a belt below - just as with the conventional cage, this keeps manure away from the birds, as well as their eggs, food and water. There is
enough space for each hen to stand, sit, turn around and extend her wings. Each enriched colony allows for natural behaviors, like perching, scratching, dust
bathing and nesting. Nesting hens also have access to privacy curtains, which provide hens with privacy during nesting. When a hen lays an egg, the egg gently
rolls o the slightly sloped mesh ooring onto an egg-collection belt. The belt moves the egg to be checked for imperfections, cleaned and packaged