Egg-laying hens are the most intensively confined animals on today’s factory farms. They are severely overcrowded in small wire cages, unable to even flap their wings. Many have parts of their beaks burned off without painkiller to reduce the impact of stress-induced aggression, and hens may also be starved for up to two weeks—losing up to 30 percent of their bodyweight—to jolt their bodies into a new laying cycle.

COK’s investigators have documented the conditions at many major egg producers.

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