Animal Liberation activists have failed to disrupt proceedings at the World Poultry Congress in Brisbane, an industry chief said today.

A week of stunts, peaceful demonstrations and information stands protesting the treatment of meat and egg producing chickens have accompanied the gathering of international industry players at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in South Brisbane.

In the latest stunt, an elevator full of campaigners dressed as chickens were this morning due to pour out onto the floor next to the conference registration desk at the convention centre.

And last night two female activists disguised themselves as catering staff and placed mock menus on tables ahead of a conference dinner.

The menus outlined entree and main meal choices including "salad of discarded male chicks" and "plump chicken breast blister on a bed of broken legs".

Australian Chicken Meat Federation executive director Andreas Dubs said organisers replaced most of the menus before guests arrived.

"They (the activists) did put a few menus on some of the tables but I don't know that there would be too many people that would have noticed it because they disappeared before they saw them and it was only on a few tables," Mr Dubs said.

The protesters said their activities this week were aimed at highlighting the miserable lives of battery-caged, barn-laying and broiler chickens on Australian farms.

Animal Liberation New South Wales spokesperson Angie Stephenson said consumers could take action in their weekly grocery shopping choices.

"Behind closed doors these chickens are suffering," Ms Stephenson said.

"Cramped, de-beaked, broken-boned, de-feathered, blistered and boiled, many die in agony.

"As consumers we must make an ethical decision, disagreeing with this cruelty is not enough, we must refuse to buy any products that are linked to this kind of cruelty."

Mr Dubs said the industry did not get enough recognition for its efforts to improve the treatment of chickens.

"A lot of the conference is actually about animal welfare and research to improve animal health and welfare, and people who attend this conferenece are more aware of the concerns that exist than they are given credit for," he said.