Battery hen salution!

[DuckRaiser]

That is good, but I am always spoiling them a lot as well. So you must be so exited to move to Oregon. I thought for a while to move up there, that state is so nice, beautiful views.

In Kansas 20 degrees in winter is a miracle, but in Oregon, when it's winter there 40 degrees isn't rare!

I and a champion when it comes to spoiling animals, tooXD So, I end up with spoiled rotten, bratty animalsXD Oh well, they're cute

 

[roostersandhens]

There is only one way to stop the battery hens abuse. If everyone stops buying eggs from the store. The best way to do that is to educate people on how these hens are treated. You could also invite people to your house, so they bond with the chickens in your flock, and realize what incredible creatures chickens are, and decide that they cannot buy eggs anymore and partake in that cruelty. Because you are paying the farmer for abusing hens, when buying eggs from the store. Luckily for all of you on BYC, you have eggs that you know came from a happy flock

 

[roostersandhens]

And, they could easily cram a Jersey Giant in a battery cage. And there are reasons they use the breeds they do, they are good layers, people love white eggs in the USA, they are small and up to 7 can be crammed in a battery cage, and other reasons as well. Using Jersey Giants will not save hens. And lets not forget that having to feed all these hens hurts the environment.

 

[DuckRaiser]

I do not see how feeding hens hurts the environment.

 

[roostersandhens]

I do not see how feeding hens hurts the environment.

It is because in order to get the corn and plants for the food, they have to use a lot of water. (also the transportation of the food I suppose) But if they didn't breed all these chickens just for eggs, that water wouldn't need to be use, because those plants wouldn't need to be planted.

 

[DuckRaiser]

It is because in order to get the corn and plants for the food, they have to use a lot of water. (also the transportation of the food I suppose) But if they didn't breed all these chickens just for eggs, that water wouldn't need to be use, because those plants wouldn't need to be planted.

They could get fresh, juicy bugs by buying them. Like grubs. And they could pick weeds, and people could donate their left over food.

 

[Chickenfan4life]

Honestly, all we can really do is buy cage-free eggs, petition, attend Humane State Lobby Days, and other such things where Animal Rights are involved. I'm pretty sure the USDA has certain standards that prevent us from giving our egg-laying-biddies from having the kind of conditions they deserve.

So until there are chickens in almost every backyard, and everyone else is buying cage-free eggs, we will have battery hen operations. It's not fair but, sadly, some things will never change. You just have to accept it and move on, not spend every waking hour in vain, trying to change a situation that just cant be helped.

 

[dawnEF]

I have an ex battery hen ive called her Queenie and when we got her nearly three months ago now she looked so bad. All her chest and behind was bald and the rest of her was tatty looking and now shes so beuatiful and she loves her freedom she comes running up to us when we go out to her and she purrs and sings to us
I never realized till i saw her how badly treated they are.
So ober here in England near me we have a charity based sanctuary that pay battery farms for hens who are no longer wanted and then for a small donation gives them to people like us

 

[roostersandhens]

Honestly, all we can really do is buy cage-free eggs, petition, attend Humane State Lobby Days, and other such things where Animal Rights are involved. I'm pretty sure the USDA has certain standards that prevent us from giving our egg-laying-biddies from having the kind of conditions they deserve.

So until there are chickens in almost every backyard, and everyone else is buying cage-free eggs, we will have battery hen operations. It's not fair but, sadly, some things will never change. You just have to accept it and move on, not spend every waking hour in vain, trying to change a situation that just cant be helped.

Cage-free and free-range eggs pretty much just mean that they aren't in cages. The hens are still tortured though. This is a free-range/cage-free farm. (the barns are never cleaned)

 

[Chickenfan4life]

Yes, but it is in some sense still better than battery/cage hens. And is a step towards getting rid of battery hens in general.