Animal Ethics
APRIL 16, 2009
The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. However, it is not just the male chicks that are routinely executed. Hens in all forms of egg production endure an equally cruel execution once their profitability has declined. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 20, 2007
Free range” does not solve the problem of painful debeaking, enormously oversized flocks or the unnatural isolation of the birds from other sexes and age groups. The rooster watches over the flock protectively and often participates in a hen’s egg-laying ritual, an extremely important and private part of her life.
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