Doug Horning - Sauder's Eggs

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The farm of Doug Horning is located in Newmanstown, Pennsylvania.Doug Horning and his wife Lois both grew up on or around farms. Doug has been farming for 20 years. Before that, Doug also worked in construction and is a mason by trade. The couple has four children, all of which live at home and are home schooled, and they each help out with various activities around the farm. When Doug began farming, he raised pigs, and added laying hens in 2004 when the couple purchased the farm from their church. The farm had an existing caged laying barn but has recently been transitioned to cage-free in 2018.

The Horning’s day begins at 5:30am when they walk the barn, taking care of their hens and beef cattle and the family all begin their daily chores. The day ends around 6:30pm. The Horning’s have 120 acres, 60 acres of which are tilled with corn and beans.

The Horning farm has all veg-fed, cage-free white chickens. Doug first began working with Martin’s Eggs for commodity and is now a proud Sauder’s Egg farmer. He likes working with Sauder’s because he feels they are very supportive of their farmers and he’s had very positive interactions with the Sauder team. He knows that taking excellent care of his hens is the key to being a successful farmer.

The chickens on this farm are cage-free, meaning they are raised in a stress-free environment and are not in cages. They are kept in large heated and air-cooled growing houses where they can roost and socialize freely, participating in their chicken behaviors and pecking orders, and laying their eggs in dark, quiet nests.

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This farm participates in the NPIP program (National Poultry Improvement Plan), which is a national program in collaboration with state and federal departments of agriculture and industry representatives. The main objective is to use new diagnostic technology to effectively improve poultry and poultry products throughout the U.S. NPIP provides certification that poultry and poultry products destined for insterstate and international shipments are disease free.

This farm is part of the Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program (PEQAP), which institutes steps to reduce the risk of Salmonalla Enteritidis (SE) with an effective flock testing and management program.

This farm meets the quidelines established by the United Egg Producers (UEP), placing top priority on the comfort, health, and safety of the chickens.

This laying hen farm meets the standards for the Humane Farm Animal Care Program, which ensures that the hens on their farm are provided with a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones, and are raised with shelter, resting areas, sufficient space, and the ability to engage in natural behaviors.