percheryn.
/ˈpəːtʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpərtʃ(ə)ri/ British.
A series of cages containing several perches, in which hens are confined for intensive laying. Also attributive, designating eggs produced under this system.
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1985 Observer 14 Apr. 43/3 (caption) A ‘perchery’—should the eggs be called ‘Barn Eggs’?
1985 Observer 14 Apr. 43/3 The regulation may be amended to allow three categories of description—Free Range, Deep Litter and Perchery.
1991 Which? Feb. 85/1 (caption) Barn eggs are also called perchery eggs because the chickens are kept inside in a perchery with two birds on a perch a bit larger than this page.
2002 Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Nexis) 1 July 8 The industry should switch not to enriched cages but to percheries and free-range systems.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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