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Show you care about getting hens out of cages, and join the Facebook I Choose Wisely group or MySpace I Choose Wisely group.

Why serve cage-free eggs

Australians eat three billion eggs every year. 72% (or 2.1 billion) of these eggs come from hens housed in battery cages. Unable to express their natural behaviours, battery farmed hens are unarguably the most compromised of all farm animals. They live their year long lives standing on a wire mesh floor and in less space than the size of an A4 piece of paper. Caged hens can’t preen their feathers, stretch out or flap their wings, perch, roost, dust bathe, forage for food or satisfy their natural urge to lay their eggs in a nest.

Businesses can serve eggs and still care for the welfare of the hens. There are alternative systems that are more humane and provide hens with the freedom to move and express their natural behaviours.

Consumers are increasingly demanding higher welfare food products and are supporting those businesses that make good animal welfare a priority. Every egg you serve will make a difference to hens in cages and show your customers that you care about animal welfare.

Benefits of joining

By joining the RSPCA’s campaign to get hens out of cages you are telling your customers that you care about the welfare of animals. Your business will also be:

  • giving customers what they want
  • part of a progressive movement towards food of a higher animal welfare standard
  • recognised on the RSPCA’s Choose Wisely website
  • highlighted as a business people should support
  • demonstrating that you can enjoy eating eggs and care about the welfare of hens at the same time

How to join

When you're ready to make a difference and commit to using free-range or barn-laid eggs, download the Business Registration Form and Commitment Statement from the Resources section.