I have the solution. If the hens stood in line, beak to back, like in a line for the movies that people stand in, they could stretch their wings and the cage would only have to be four feet long instead of twelve.
Fully extending his or her limbs" means fully extending all limbs without
touching the side of an enclosure, including, in the case of egg-laying hens,
fully spread ing both wings without touching the side of an enclosure or other
egg-laying hens.
Do you think that this means that a cage with...
if the exact wording is as above, then it doesn't say they must be able to stand side by side and be a wingspan apart from eachother, but that they must be able to stretch out their wings. Four birds could stretch out their wings in a two foot cage, if they took turns. Not advocating it, just...