ChickenOut

Trying to feed in the crowds

We are all growing very quickly and there is less space to move about now. I am trying to walk to the feeder, but there are hungry chickens all around me and it’s hard to move around. Wherever I turn there are other chicks or feeding trays. We’re not allowed outside, all we have in here is chicken feed and water and the only thing I can do is peck around in the dirty litter or the feeding trays. There isn’t much for me to do.

FACT CHECK:
In intensive broiler sheds, chickens grow very rapidly. As they grow larger, they have increasingly little space to move. A typical stocking density in the EU is about 17-20 birds per square metre at the end of the rearing period, which is the space allowance of less than a A4 sheet of paper.

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