On www.ma-propriete-agricole.fr, you will find laying hen farms for sale all over France.
If you wish to buy a poultry farm dedicated to egg production, we present a very large offer of laying hen farms for sale in all regions and departments.
You can buy farms dedicated to the production of laying hens in conventional agriculture, in High Environmental Value or in Organic Agriculture.
How are laying hens raised? Laying hens can be raised in 4 types of farms:
In cages (with a nest, perches and a pecking and scratching area), in groups of 12 to 60 hens; On the ground, in closed buildings where they can move freely on the ground; In the open air, the hens are housed in a ground building or an aviary and have access to the outdoors every day; In organic production, the hens have access to the outdoors and must meet other requirements
France is the leading egg producing country in the European Union (15.7 billion eggs produced in 2020).
At the end of 2020, 64% of laying hens in France were raised outside of managed cages (code 3). Free-range hens (code 1) account for 23.2% of production, including Label Rouge free-range hens (5.8%), organic hens (16%) and free-range hens (19%) (code 2).
A hen generally starts to lay eggs when she is 6 months old. In large farms, it lays for about 11 months and is then culled. In less intensive farms the laying period can be extended to 2 years.
