Our Farm Families

Egg farmers are responsible for the care and well-being of 2.6 million hens in our province, who lay 76 million dozen eggs a year. To learn what hens are fed and to view a variety of different hen housing environments on local Manitoba farms, watch the videos below.

Manitoba's Riverwest Farms has updated its barn from conventional to aviary hen housing.

4th Generation Egg Farmer Producing Eggs for the Grocery Store.

Don and Shannon Gaultier, Manitoba Egg Farmers -On Farm Technology.

Jennifer Staerk discusses how hen feed contributes to the development of the egg.

Esther prepares eggs as part of a complete breakfast for her children before they head to school.

Brendon and Kaitlin Giesbrecht free-run aviary housing system near Steinbach, Manitoba.

Katherine Fleming Van Deynze is an egg farmer, near Holland Manitoba.

4-D Farms Ltd.

Egg Quality Assurance stamp on Manitoba Egg Cartons.

Tracy Spears shares what we feed our hens.