ChickenOut

Can’t escape the crush

There is hardly any space in the shed compared to when we arrived. Everyone is growing really quickly and it’s getting cramped. It’s getting so warm in here that I almost can’t bear it. I struggle to get away but just find I’m climbing over other birds. We can’t escape the heat; all around is the same, there are chickens everywhere.

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. Chickens confined in sheds cannot change their environment to avoid heat, cold or dirty areas as they could in natural conditions. Fast-growing chickens can easily become heat-stressed. If the ventilation is inadequate, thousands of birds can die from heat exhaustion.

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