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The life of a laying hen is short and full of work: after ten to twelve months of intensive egg laying for their producer, they enter what is known as moulting. The moult is a hormonally induced rest during which the laying apparatus of the animals regenerates and the plumage is renewed. The moult lasts two to three months, at least three weeks during which there is a laying break. The hens therefore no longer make the desired profit during this period and are therefore gassed (or killed differently) after this first laying period and replaced by young hens. Tens of thousands of laying hens are killed in Switzerland every year after a few months of their lives.

One of the many facts that is hardly known about the spanned farm animals.  However, there are also ways to consume eggs with a clear conscience:

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SUST laying hens campaigns: New places to live instead of killing obsolete laying hens

October 2017

SUST laying hens actions: Today 154 laying hens escaped their deaths  on a laying farm and could be transferred to good new places.

The life of a laying hen is short and full of work: after ten to twelve months of intensive egg laying for their producer, they get into the so-called moulting. The moulting is a hormonally conditioned rest break in which the laying apparatus of the animals regenerates itself and the plumage is renewed. The moulting takes two to three months, at least three weeks of which a laying break takes place. The hens no longer make the required profit during this period and are therefore gassed (or otherwise killed) after this first laying period and replaced by young chickens. Tens of thousands of laying hens are killed in Switzerland every year after a few months of their lives. However, some of them are lucky enough to be able to live on: the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation has been able to reach an agreement with the owners of various farms that they will be able to take over and place animals for which they find a new, species-appropriate place. Such campaigns take place several times a year. 154 laying hens were delivered to good new places on a laying farm during the stabling in October 2017.

e regeneriert und das Federkleid erneuert wird. Die Mauser dauert zwei bis drei Monate, mindestens drei Wochen davon findet eine Legepause statt. Die Hennen erbringen in dieser Zeit somit nicht mehr den gewünschten Profit und werden aus diesem Grund nach dieser ersten Legeperiode kurzerhand vergast (oder anders getötet) und gegen junge Hühner ersetzt. Zig-Tausende von Legehennen werden in der Schweiz jährlich nach wenigen Monaten ihres Lebens getötet. Einige von Ihnen haben allerdings Glück und dürfen weiter leben: Die Susy Utzinger Stiftung für Tierschutz konnte sich mit den Inhabern verschiedener Legebetriebe darauf einigen, dass sie Tiere, für die sie einen neuen, artgerechten Platz findet, übernehmen und weiterplatzieren darf. Solche Ausstallungen finden mehrmals jährlich statt. 154 Legehennen konnten bei der Ausstallung im Oktober 2017 auf einem Legebetrieb an gute neue Plätze abgegeben werden.

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SUST laying hens campaigns: New places to live instead of killing obsolete laying hens
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