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Photo Gallery // Chickens

Battery Cages

The hens spend their entire lives in tiny wire “battery” cages, which measure roughly 18 inches by 20 inches and hold five to 11 hens who each have a wingspan of 32 inches. Each hen has an area smaller than a sheet of notebook paper in which to stand and doesn’t have enough space to spread even one wing. The cages are stacked on top of one another, so excrement from hens in higher cages often falls on those below. Ammonia and the stench of feces hang heavy in the air, and disease is rampant in these filthy, cramped conditions.
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