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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

flvegan

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4. "Unhappy chickens don't lay eggs."

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Sat May 20, 2023, 09:19 PM

May 2023

No disrespect to Mr. Bayard nor his work experience, but you might want to look up the term "battery hens" and see how "happy" they are. Depending on who you believe, somewhere between 80 - 90% of eggs produced in this country are done via hens kept in battery cages.

Now you know.

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