The following videos were filmed in a number of egg-laying facilities, hatcheries and slaughterhouses in different countries over the last 15 years.
These videos reveal the inherent and systemic cruelty endured by egg laying hens in these facilities. In many countries, 95% or more of all eggs brought to market come from factory farms like these.
Banner photo credit: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Gray-Ridge Eggs, Listowel, Ontario, Canada.
Video credit: Compassion Over Killing Filmed at Bell & Evans egg facility in the United States.
Video credit: Dzīvnieku brīvība Filmed at an egg laying facility at Balticovo, Latvia’s and Northern Europe’s largest egg manufacturer.
Video credit: Animal Equality Filmed at an egg-laying facility in Mexico.
Video credit: Viva! UK Filmed at an egg-laying facility in Scotland employing enriched cages.
Video credit: PETA Filmed in part at an egg-laying facility at Sanderson Farms supplier to Walmart, Kroger, Sysco and Arby's.
Video credit: Animals Australia Filmed at an egg-laying facility in Australia who is a supplier to the largest retail brand in the country.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at an Eggland facility in the United States.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at an egg-laying facility in the Unites States that supplies egg's for McDonald's Egg McMuffins.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Quality Egg of New England, Maine, USA. Police raided this particular facility.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Norco Ranch in Southern California.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Weaver Brother's Egg Farm in Versailles, Ohio.
Video credit: Animal Equality Filmed at an egg facility in Brazil.
Video credit: HSUS Filmed at a major Costco egg supplier in the U.S.
Video credit: HSUS Filmed at a major egg farm in Iowa, USA.
Video credit: HSUS Filmed at Cal-Maine, a major U.S. egg supplier.
Video Credit: Peta UK - filmed at a free-range facility in England
Video credit: PETA - filmed at an egg farm in British Columbia
Video credit: Farm Sanctuary - filmed at Gemperle Farms in California, United States.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at an egg farm in the village of Tollebeek, Netherlands.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at one of several egg farms in The Netherlands in 2018.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at a multi-tier aviary in a southern town in The Netherlands in 2018.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - video shows the filthy and deplorable conditions in a cage-free facility.
Video credit: Animal Rights BE - egg laying hens fare no better in colony-cages at this barn.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - a compilation video of egg laying facilities throughout Belgium and The Netherlands.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - the sheer terror experienced by spent hens being ripped from their cages and sent to slaughter.
Video credit: HSUS - filmed at a Costco egg supplier in the United States.
Video credit: Direction Action Everywhere - filmed at Hickman’s Farms in Arizona, U.S.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at a farm that produces eggs sold across the United States.
Video credit: Animal Equality Filmed at an egg-laying facility in the United States.
Video credit: Animal Equality Filmed at an organic egg-laying facility in Northern Germany.
Video credit: Viva! UK Filmed at an organic, egg-laying facility in the United Kingdom.
Video credit: Viva! UK Filmed at a free-range egg-laying facility in the United Kingdom.
Video credit: PETA India Filmed in part at an egg-laying facility in India
Video credit: Mercy For Animals This video demonstrates the inherent cruelty of caged systems for egg laying hens.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at a supplier to McDonald's in Alberta, Canada.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Hy-Line Hatchery in Iowa, USA - the world's largest hatchery for egg-laying chicks.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at one of California's largest egg production facilities.
Video credit: Mercy For Animals Filmed at Ohio Fresh Eggs egg-laying facility in Croton, Ohio, USA.
Video credit: Anonymous For Animal Rights Filmed at a large hatchery facility in Israel.
Video credit: ARM Filmed at Cal-Maine, the largest U.S. egg producer
Video credit: HSUS Filmed at Kreider Farms in the United States.
Video credit: HSUS Filmed at New England's largest egg producer.
Video credit: OBRAZ - Obránci zvířat Filmed in the Czech Republic.
Video credit: PETA - filmed at a Monastery egg farm in the U.S.
Video credit: HSUS - filmed at a U.S. slaughterhouse
Video credit: PETA - filmed at Mahard Egg Farm, a major supplier to Kroger-branded eggs, in the United States.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at one of several egg farms in The Netherlands.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at an egg laying facility in The Netherlands showing rough handling of spent hens.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - filmed at the same multi-tier aviary after the flock has been removed and sent to slaughter.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - video shows a rat-infested egg-free facility in The Netherlands.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - a massive, multi-level egg laying facility truly emphasizes the term “industrialized”.
Video credit: Animal Rights NL - this video slideshow shows the decrepit and filthy conditions of egg laying facilities.
Video credit: PETA Filmed at a “free-range” facility who supplies “Nellie’s” brand eggs.
Video credit: Animal Aid - filmed at a game bird breeder in the United Kingdom.
Video credit: PETA - filmed at a Walmart egg supplier in the United States.
Video credit: LAV Il Centro Italia è stato letteralmente invaso da allevamenti avicoli, che possono diventare vere e proprie bombe a orologeria per la salute pubblica! In un raggio di circa 20km nella zona di Viterbo, negli ultimi anni sono spuntate circa 40 strutture tra allevamenti di polli, tacchini e galline per la produzione di uova.