0
Battery hens, most often refer to layer hens but can also be meat birds raised only for meat. The egg laying capacity of a layer is about two years and egg production drops rapidly from that point. Most battery operations cull their birds at about 18 months old to ensure optimum production. Birds can continue to lay eggs for about one year after the battery will no longer use them and if fed a diet high in fat called "finishing" they can be used for meat.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is it right to kill battery hens?
No, it is NOT right to kill battery hens. Unless they're fately ill or for food :( Every single hen has the right to have a free life.
Who wrote the battery hen?
Ray Martin
Ten battery hen farming facts?
30,000,000 chickens - 85% battery hens
What is a battery cage?
A battery cage is a small cage in which a hen is kept to lay eggs.
Did the hen share her bread with her friends?
Not in the story of the Little Red Hen. In the beginning of the story she asks all the animals to help her, and none of them want to help, until it is time to help eat the bread... so, since she did all the work herself, she determines to eat the bread by herself too.
Can a hen eat a mouse?
no
You are on the bank of a river If you have to get a fox a hen and a corn to the other side of the river If left alone the fox will eat the hen the hen will also eat the corn of left alone The boat is?
1- take the hen over to the other-side. 2- get the fox and take it over to where the hen is but take the hen back with you. 3- take the corn over to the fox. 4-then take the hen over and they will all be on the other-side of the river. hope this helps from i-luv-my-chickens
How many battery hen farms are there in New Zealand?
50000
How many eggs does a hen in battery farming lay?
About 300 a year
What are the good things about Battery Hens?
Their predetors cant get at them. they wont be able to eat there eggs. When your selling them at a mart they wont jump out of there crate and run away like a free range hen.
Can people eat a hen or a rooster?
Yes
What animal eat fat hen?
Wolf
