South Gippsland Eggs
| Name: | South Gippsland Eggs |
| Address: | 100 Devon Road, Devon Meadows VIC 3977, Australia |
| LGA/Council: | Casey City Council |
| Summary: | South Gippsland Eggs is an chicken egg farm located in Devon Meadows, VIC Australia. |
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| Last known status: | Open and operating |
| Listing updated: | 2026 |
| Listing ID: | c560a |
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Farm (eggs)
ChickensSouth Gippsland Eggs is a free-range egg farm in Devon Meadows, 50km from Melbourne. With a philosophy of ‘happy, healthy hens lay the most delicious & wholesome eggs,’ the farm has made a name for itself in the local community for offering an ethical alternative to caged eggs.
However, the scenes that greeted investigators when they entered the sheds on the property, told a different story. Thousands of hens are packed into long sheds, forced to stand on slatted metal floors. Without even perches to get off the ground, hens will huddle tightly together on the filthy floor, while their waste falls through to pits underneath the sheds.
Like on other farms, hens were found with missing feathers and wounds indicating feather pecking due to overcrowding. Dead hens lay among the living, including one who had become crushed by the door of the nesting box. Even with access to the outdoors each day, hens were found to be laying soft, jelly-like eggs, indicating calcium deficiency.
South Gippsland Eggs supplies to stores across Victoria using images and branding promising quality, free-range eggs. It is owned and operated by second-generation egg farmer Gina Magias Abraham.
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Eggs Uncaged - The reality of 'ethical' eggs
Sunday 1 Feb 2026 by
Free-range, cage-free - we went behind the labels to expose the real cost of 'ethical' eggs. A sick hen at South Gippsland Eggs (Farm Transparency Project, 2025) Roughly 55% of the 19 million Australian egg-laying hens are raised in cage systems, where birds are kept behind bars for their entire lives. On cage farms, hens can be allowed as little as 550cm2 of space, roughly the size of an A4 piece of paper. The other 45% of egg-laying hens are raised in cage-free systems, a loose umbrella term that covers both certified free-range production systems, as well as 'barn-laid' egg farms where hens... Read more >
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Egg industry refuses to respond to animal activists’ footage
Tuesday 9 Dec 2025 by
Australia’s egg industry has refused to respond to disturbing footage showing dead and dying hens at Victorian free-range farms, with members told to stay silent. Read more >
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Ex-workers allege animal cruelty and worker mistreatment at Josh's Rainbow Eggs
Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
Farm Transparency Project has published allegations of starvation, mistreatment and forced moulting from ex-workers at major free-range egg producer, Josh's Rainbow Eggs. Two ex-workers claim that the farm made them clean machinery with toothbrushes and treated workers as 'expendable.' Workers also claim that the farm uses starvation to force moulting in egg-laying hens. Photos of dead hens at Josh's Rainbow Eggs. Photo: provided by ex-worker. Animal advocacy group Farm Transparency Project (FTP) has published two statements from ex-workers at so-called 'ethical egg' producer Josh's Rainbow Eggs, which is sold in major supermarkets around Victoria. The ex-workers claims that... Read more >
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Death, overcrowding and cannibalism at major free-range egg producers
Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
Animal protection organisation releases new footage showing widespread mistreatment of chickens on free-range and cage-free egg farms in Victoria. The footage, captured at five free-range and two barn-laid egg farms, shows sick, injured and dead hens, including ones that have been left to rot in sheds. The footage was captured by anonymous investigators earlier in the year. New footage published by Farm Transparency Project (FTP) shows chickens living in filth amongst dead and dying hens, across seven free-range and barn-laid egg farms in Victoria, including suppliers to major supermarkets. Footage from the farms shows overcrowded sheds, chickens with serious wounds,... Read more >
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