We all know the story. The hens are stuffed into a cage, 4-5 per prison cell, with the only hope of escaping by slaughter. None can move, stretch, or do necessary things a living thing should do. One look at them and you know they are sickly. Flopped over combs, peach colored instead of the healthy, vibrant red. Bare skin shows all over their bodies. The cages they suffer in are coated with thick layers of manure, and the place is overall, filthy.
Roosters are discarded due to their lack of egg production, but actually, not discarded. They are literally thrown into trash bags, screaming, not knowing what to do, and all of their lives don't matter to the workers. Why would they? They are merely animals. It's not like they can do anything about it. This is the egg business, not a veterinarian's office.
The hens are plucked out of the cages once their egg production stops. Usually a year, a year stuffed in with the other birds. Could you imagine what it would be like if one of the hens was really annoying? Anyway, they get taken out to be slaughtered. Yes, I know you might be thinking, do they use the meat? How can none of us see that the meat in grocery stores is so unhealthy? It belonged to a filthy, disease-filled creature! Yes, they use the meat. But you know what? they use it for soup and school lunches and pretty much everything you can barely see it in. They disguise it. I mean, the chicken slices you actually see in the stores are from 'healthy' chickens... chickens that are only around 8 weeks old, yet are so fat and stuffed with food and hormones, they can't even stand up. But that is a story for another discussion. We all need to help stop battery hens from being used, we need to give the animals a voice.
Yet there are pretty much no laws to stop this abuse.
People like us can do many things. For example, many have taken the time to adopt ex-battery hens, and give them a second chance at life - even though they never had a first chance. Another way to support this is to sign a petition. The petition below is a petition to Mcdonald's, asking them to stop using battery hen eggs. This will make a huge impact on the egg business if it happens, and cruel "farm" workers will have to change their ways - or go out of business. Sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/mcd...tm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_created
Please take part in this petition - it only takes a minute to sign it, and if you can, please tell this to your friends and hopefully they will sign it also. The hens can't speak to us, but we can speak for them.
Still not more horrified of the cruelty battery hens go through? Do some research, learn more, anything. These few paragraphs only scratch the surface.
Roosters are discarded due to their lack of egg production, but actually, not discarded. They are literally thrown into trash bags, screaming, not knowing what to do, and all of their lives don't matter to the workers. Why would they? They are merely animals. It's not like they can do anything about it. This is the egg business, not a veterinarian's office.
The hens are plucked out of the cages once their egg production stops. Usually a year, a year stuffed in with the other birds. Could you imagine what it would be like if one of the hens was really annoying? Anyway, they get taken out to be slaughtered. Yes, I know you might be thinking, do they use the meat? How can none of us see that the meat in grocery stores is so unhealthy? It belonged to a filthy, disease-filled creature! Yes, they use the meat. But you know what? they use it for soup and school lunches and pretty much everything you can barely see it in. They disguise it. I mean, the chicken slices you actually see in the stores are from 'healthy' chickens... chickens that are only around 8 weeks old, yet are so fat and stuffed with food and hormones, they can't even stand up. But that is a story for another discussion. We all need to help stop battery hens from being used, we need to give the animals a voice.
Yet there are pretty much no laws to stop this abuse.
People like us can do many things. For example, many have taken the time to adopt ex-battery hens, and give them a second chance at life - even though they never had a first chance. Another way to support this is to sign a petition. The petition below is a petition to Mcdonald's, asking them to stop using battery hen eggs. This will make a huge impact on the egg business if it happens, and cruel "farm" workers will have to change their ways - or go out of business. Sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/mcd...tm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_created
Please take part in this petition - it only takes a minute to sign it, and if you can, please tell this to your friends and hopefully they will sign it also. The hens can't speak to us, but we can speak for them.
Still not more horrified of the cruelty battery hens go through? Do some research, learn more, anything. These few paragraphs only scratch the surface.
