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The sick birds give up

I’ve only been here for a few weeks but the air is stuffy and litter is smelly. We’ve been struggling to get some clean air. I can’t reach the feeders very easily ‘cause I’ve got so heavy. There are signs that the sicker chicks are giving up. They’ve taken the really poorly ones away today. I’d like to get up and about but I’m nearly too heavy to hold myself up.

FACT CHECK:
The mortality of intensively reared meat chickens is seven times that of laying hens of the same age (which grow much more slowly). Millions of broilers die in their sheds from heart failure every year. These diseases occur in fast growing birds of only a few weeks old, as their heart cannot keep up with the fast growth of their muscle.

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