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Why did people invent battery cages?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It is a means to more efficiently collect eggs from chickens without have to risk getting one's fingers pecked at or having to spend the time to find where the hen laid her eggs. More chickens on one cage means more eggs can be produced per hour or per day.

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