ChickenOut

Frustration sets in

It’s day five and I’m feeling quite playful but there’s just not much to do. The whole shed is flat and open the only thing I have found to play with is the feeders. So I am getting in and out of the feeder and attempting to perch. It’s not much fun because I keep falling off. As we can’t get to daylight and fresh air they’ve got a big fan, but the air is getting pretty stale now. Some of the chicks don’t seem as energetic. There’s one beside me who’s really quiet.

FACT CHECK:
Modern chickens descend from the wild red jungle fowl. Roosting is a natural behaviour of jungle fowl and their domesticated relatives but in a standard intensive broiler shed, chickens have nothing to perch on. An environment that fails to address the chicken natural behaviour is likely to lead to higher incidence of health problems (e.g. lameness, hock burns).

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