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Eggs

Chickensareamongthemostabusedanimalsinourfood
industry.Thereareveryfewlawsinplacethatprotectthem.
Chickensexploitedfortheireggsarecalled"layers".

BeingBornintheEggIndustry
Chickensusuallystartouttheirlifebeingborninsidedrawersof
hugeincubatorsatahatchery.

Chicksbornatahatchery.

MaleChicks
Afterbeingborn,theyaresorted.Malechicksareconsidered
uselessintheeggindustry,sincetheycomefromselectiveegg
layingstrains,whicharenotsuitableformeatproduction.They
arediscardedbybeinggassed,groundupaliveorthrowninto
plasticbagsordumpsters.

Oneresearchscientistobservedchicksbeinggroundupand
saidthat"evenaftertwentyseconds,therewereonlypartly
damagedanimalswithwholeskulls".Withtheirskullsstillintact,

theywerefullyconsciousandlefttodieaslowandagonizing
Unwantedmalechicksinadumpsterbehindahatchery.
death.Othereyewitnesseshavetoldsimilarstoriesofchicks
Someofthemarestillaliveandstrugglingtosurvive.
beingslowlydismemberedbymachineryblades.

BatteryCageHens
Thegreatmajorityofall"layers"arekeptinbatterycages.
Usually5henshavetoshareacagemeasuring18by20
inches.Theirlivingconditionsaresostressfulthattheirlaying
spanlastsonlyabout12yearsinsteadofthenormal1520
years.

Whenheregglayingratedrops,sheisconsidered"spent".
"Spent"hensareeitherkilledorforcemolted.Forcemolting
involvesbeingkeptincompletedarknesswithoutfoodorwater
toshocktheirsystemsintoanotheregglayingcycle.
Hensinbatterycages.

"Debeaking"
Beingconfinedtoanovercrowdedcagealsocausesexcessive
pecking.Toavoidthehensfrominjuringeachother,theyare
"debeaked",whichmeansthatpartoftheirbeaksarecutoff.

Chickbeing"debeaked".

BoneFractures

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Hensinbatterycagesareunabletoexercise.Sincelayingeggs
alsotakesalotofcalciumoutoftheirbodies,theyhaveweak
andbrittlebonesandoftensufferfractures.Thiscausesthema
lotofadditionalpainanddistress.

Bonefacturesalsooccurfrequentlywhenthehensare
removedfromtheircagesandtransportedforslaughter.

Ontopofthecagesliesadiedchicken.

"FreeRange"Eggs
Somepeopleswitchto"freerange"eggswhentheyfindout
aboutbatterycagesanddon'twanttosupportthatindustry.
"Freerange"however,doesnotmeanthatthechickensare
treatedwell.Generally"freerange"meansthattheanimalsare
notkeptincages.Theyarehowever,commonlyconfined
indoors,sometimesinverycrowdedconditions.Practiceslike
"debeaking"andforcemoltingcanalsobefoundon"free
range"farms.

Justlikeanyotherindustry,"freerange"farmshavetomakea
profit.Malechicksarestilluselessanddiscarded.Another
problemchickenfarmersdealwithisthetransportationofeggs.
Sinceeggsareusuallytransportedbytrucks,eggfarmersneed
"Freerange"chickens. theireggstohaveacertainfirmness.Chickensstarttolayless
firmeggsafteraboutonetotwoyearsatwhichpointtheyare
usuallyslaughtered.

SpentHensattheSlaughterhouse
Whenthelayerhensreachtheslaughterhouse,theyare
removedfromtheircratesandhungupsidedownbytheirfeet
whilefullyconscious.Firsttheirheadswillbedraggedthrougha
bathofelectricallychargedwater,renderingmostofthem
unconscious.Theyarethentakentoanautomaticneckcutter,
wheretheyarebled.Afterthattheygotoascaldingtank,which
makesiteasiertopluckthem.

Chickenstransportedtotheslaughterhouse.

Somechickensarestillfullyconsciousaftertheelectricalbath,
especiallywhentheslaughterhousedoesn'tuseasufficient
stunningcurrent.Whentheirnecksarecut,theydon'talways
cutbothcarotidarteries,whicharethemajorbloodsuppliesto
thebrain.Thismeansthattherearestillchickenswhoarefully
consciouswhentheyenterthescaldingtank.

Chickenslaughter.

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