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That is precisely why it I left it vague,open for interpretation and to ones own thinking.
You may want to review some basic biology. Animals (not humans we are unique) routinely absorb a fetus when stressed or for self preservation. Chickens do not reason the way people do and it is widely understood that they operate out of need. In other words they do not sit around and whine and complain about living conditions.I did not say physiologically stressed, I said miserable, which relates to one's subjective experience. Productivity is not a measure of contentment or misery. A human can be beaten into submission on a daily basis, yet still be a highly productive member of society. Battered wives and children are living examples of this. Masochists may enjoy it, but the vast majority are miserable under such conditions.
Misery is indeed a symptom of diagnosable disorders in humans. That we are not able to diagnose them in animals does not mean they don't exist. Second, if a chicken is miserable from treatment by other chickens, it is not "the best of conditions". In the best of conditions, rejected members of a flock would have the freedom to split off, find alternative habitat, and exist in peace. Forced confinement is, by definition, not "the best of conditions".
The minimum legal requirements for animal care are not based on any attempt to estimate the degree of contentment or misery, and fulfilling them does not mean the animal is not suffering.