Leicester_H Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hi Yet another daft question - do battery hens live in individual small cages or are lots of hens crammed together in a large cage? H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 depending on the size it may be 3/4 to a a4 sheet of paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellykelly Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 As a child I used to help out at a battry farm. The living arrangements are awful. There was sheds 300yds long. Each shed had 6 aisles. Each aisle was three storeys high with cages either side of a walkway. Each cage was no bigger then a large microwave and 6 chickens per cage was normal. THe chickens on the top storey were the luckiest - they didn't get poo'd on. The poo falls down through each storey into a pit below. The stench of ammonia stings your eyes. If there is a dead chicken in a cage, you only know once you can smell it. The other chickens have generally eaten most of the dead one. It's not nice at all. As a child I wasn't aware that it was not 'normal'. I thought that this was how all eggs were farmed. On a brighter note - I now own 5 ex batt chickens and intend to give them the best life EVER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Not a daft question at all. It's generally 3-4 to a cage and each hen in the cage has about the equivalent of an A4 size piece of paper to herself. Not much. If you google "battery cages" you'll get the idea (the images can be distressing so I haven't posted here). Battery hens are so used to having to compete with the other 2-3 hens for the food that, when they are released they eat as if their life depended on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
