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Do people like eating battery chicken?

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People don't actually eat battery chicken - a 'battery chicken' is one kept in a cage while it gains enough weight to be sold to market. There are two main types of chickens - those bred to lay eggs, and those bred to be meat chickens. These are 'layer' hens and 'broiler' hens respectively.

Layer hens are sometimes kept in cages as this strain tends to be a bit vicious towards one another, with problems caused by pecking. In fact, when these hens are kept in barn or free-range situations, often their beaks must be slightly trimmed to prevent pecking causing major injuries or mortalities. Another reason they have been kept in cages is to ensure that eggs remain free from pathogens that they may come in contact with if they were on the floor. This is for human food safety purposes.

Broiler hens have been selectively bred mainly for their fast growth rates, and I've actually seen them twice the size of layer chicks at just ten days of age. Broiler hens today only take about 28 days to grow to market weight from hatching, whereas roosters take only 24-25 days as they grow faster. As they are not bred to lay a lot of good quality eggs at a fast rate and are not as vicious towards one another in establishing a pecking order, they are kept in sheds. These sheds contain bedding on the floor, with food and water available at a height just above ground level. The sheds, as with layers, have artificial lighting so that their circadian rhythm can be controlled. In Australia, at least, no broiler hens are kept in cages. They are kept in sheds.

Hence, people don't actually eat battery chickens (In Australia, anyway).

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