Housing is not just a building choice. It is a biology choice, a management choice, and a market choice. Andy welcomes Dr. Inga Tiemann for a grounded comparison of European and North American approaches to welfare and production. They look closely at cages, aviaries, enriched systems, and mobile housing, and explain how genetics, behavior, and daily labor shape outcomes inside each environment. The episode avoids ideology and stays with evidence, showing how the same bird can succeed or struggle based on perches, litter quality, lighting programs, and the way people move through the house.

Dr. Tiemann shares how precision behavior monitoring can reveal flock patterns that the eye misses. Listeners hear how sound, light, and layout influence movement and resting behavior, how feather cover and keel bone integrity become real-time welfare signals, and how positive welfare can be measured rather than assumed. The result is a practical framework for producers and retailers who want better welfare and consistent performance without losing sight of cost and staffing realities.

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