Feed Fortification | Healthier Hens

Healthier Hens is a new Effective Altruism aligned animal welfare organization. Our vision is to cost-effectively improve the well-being of millions of farmed egg-laying hens. We are investigating the potential of an intervention focused on alleviating pain and improving hen health and welfare by optimizing the nutritional quality of layer hen feed, as recommended by the Charity Entrepreneurship research team. Our end goal is to lobby for legislation that sets minimum standards for nutrients in poultry feed and help enforce those standards nationwide.
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Home Resources About Us TOC Team Blog Events Contact Careers Subscribe More Improving hen welfare worldwide About Our Organisation There are over 7 billion farmed egglaying hens alive at any given time. These animals are being selectively bred for maximized egg production with each egg laid requiring a significant amount of dietary input particularly calcium phosphorus and vitamin D. The depletion of these dietary minerals and vitamins leads to adverse health and poor welfare for the hens. Our background research indicates that many egglaying hen feed standards are inadequate resulting in a major source of suffering for the hens via pain from bone fractures and osteoporosis.

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