Battery cages or deep-litter floor for your layers?

Mr John Njuguna the director of Renray Poultry Solutions collecting eggs in his farm located in Ruiru, Kiambu County.[FILE,Standard]

Most poultry farmers in Kenya are practising the deep-litter system of farming.

This involves keeping birds on the floor with wood shavings as bedding material. However, recently, farmers are shifting to battery cages (metal or wire enclosures used to house laying hens). Here are the pros and cons of the two systems.