The reality of "barn fresh" egg production - 1 of 4

These eggs are so-called "Barn fresh eggs"

I visited a *small* facility - where "only" about 1,000,000 eggs are laid per week

They pay 50p per bird to get them at 1 day old
After 18 weeks they start to lay, and at 72 weeks killed

They are tranported live to Norfolk last day of life for slaughter

They are so skraggy and skinny at the end of their life that that they can only be used where the poor quality of the meat can be "disguised" - so they end up in things like Chicken soup, sausages, pet food, etc

Hens would normally live for 7-8 years

Each hen lays around 6 eggs a week per hen - in a nature, though, you would be lucky to get more than dozen eggs a year

but years of selective breeding has created these "super layers"

what a MISERABLE existence these poor hens have...

Location: Rimswell, East Yorkshire

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hens
• eggs
• egg
• chicken
• factory
• farm

[HydroDinosaur]

nice jail you got going on there.

[elliemay12]

While the conditions are deplorable (hens need 4 sq ft to roam), your facts are incorrect. You said, "Each hen lays around 6 eggs a week per hen - in a nature, though, you would be lucky to get more than dozen eggs a year." This isn't true. Hens average 180-300 eggs/year or 6 eggs a week. This is true for both factory hens like these and the hens that I am raising in my backyard. I have heard that some factories simulate daylight and night to get hens to lay up to 3 times a day.

[themastersniper]

i just spent over 10 hours moving chickens from a dark barn at 0-dark stupid at night to an egg laying "facility" it was not fun for me or the chickens when i took the job i had no idea what i was in for and i must say its the last time i ever do it.

[chickenbreeder4]

this pissis me off sooo much they say farm fresh ppl dont even no where there food comes from thats why i desided to get 3 australorps 2 silkies and 4 chicks

[DIXZA]

very sad, humans, humans when are we going to understand?