Battery Hens - please help

I thought battery eggs were illegal in the UK. I am very sorry we permit this abominable cruelty. I D/D to PETA monthly.

PS I am not bragging. I aim to let it be known there are people actually doing something to stem the cruelty.

I think the best thing to do is veto eggs.
I should, but easier to close my eyes to the suffering...
I buy free range, but not sure that makes much difference, in reality.

22 September 2021 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-09-22/debates/3E79001A-C8B4-4DD7-8877-DC8A1E15DD2D/HenCaging(Prohibition)

14 Jul 2023 www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/rspca-warns-battery-hen-eggs-could-be-back-as-uk-government-drops-the-ball.html

2 Apr 2024 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68718569 "Scotland proposes UK's first ban on caging laying hens"

"The Scottish government's preference is for a ban on the installation of new cages from 2033, followed by a complete ban on keeping birds in enriched cages from 2034.
Ministers believe this option "most effectively balances improvements in bird welfare and ensures sustainability for the laying hen sector
But the consultation also seeks views on banning the use of enriched cages from 2030 and it proposes a non-regulatory option, which would see shops and caterers commit to stop selling and using eggs from birds kept in enriched cages by 2034."

But many supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury,Lidl etc) have already comitted (in around 2012) to phasing out the use of caged eggs by the end of 2025. I couldn't find definite info on whether they have successfully completed that phasing out.

I have concerns about this post - noone would suggest taking in a puppy for Christmas but hens require just as much commitment. They require attention several times every single day and suitable housing, equipment and feed does not come cheap. In most cases they cannot roam freely as they will wreck your garden and get eaten by a fox.
I have 3 - not ex-battery.I enjoy having them and their eggs are delicious but this is not something to be taken on lightly. Also I would not describe them as cuddly. One of mine has a vicious peck!

You have a point.
Whilst I can see how a puppy is for life, and all animals, of course, I doubt too many children ask for their very own chicken for Christmas.

You'd have to hope that people are responsible enough to look up and research about an animal before taking it on.

Elegran

But many supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury,Lidl etc) have already comitted (in around 2012) to phasing out the use of caged eggs by the end of 2025. I couldn't find definite info on whether they have successfully completed that phasing out.

I haven't noticed any eggs from caged birds in those supermarkets for some time although they had to be kept in barns when there was the outbreak of avian flu not long ago.