Bird Bros

Bird Bros announces “major strategic shift” to improve “hen welfare”

Bird Bros, an egg 'mega farm' in Swineshead, Bedford has announced a multi-million-pound evolution of its business to phase out cage-farming and become a barn egg supplier. The move marks a major...

Bedford egg ‘mega farm’ has British Lion accreditation reinstated after welfare enhancements

A Bedford Borough egg producer, which was the subject of videos released by animal rights campaigners, has had its British Lion accreditation reinstated after making "extensive efforts" to

Bedford egg ‘mega farm’ under investigation after video emerges of “distressing and appalling conditions”

A video filmed inside a Bedford Borough farm, which supplies eggs to Lidl supermarket, has emerged showing what investigators have called "distressing footage" with hens deprived of sunlight...

Get the latest Bedford news first

Subscribe to our free daily email for our lead story each morning before we publish it anywhere else, plus the key Bedford Borough headlines from the last 24 hours – without having to log into social media.