The Influence Of Battery Cages
Battery cages
How have the demands of consumers influenced the way farmers manage their egg industry in Australia?
Battery cages are cages in which farmers use in the egg industry to house hens. Around 8 to 10 hens are confined in the space about the size of a cabinet drawer. The eggs are laid onto wire cage floors and roll to the front of the cage for collection. Battery cages are stacked in rows on top of each other, so within a single building, hundreds of thousands of birds are housed. The wire floors are sloped at an angle so that the eggs are able to roll out of the cages. Although farmers can easily take advantage of this method of egg production as it reduces risks of disease, provides protection from predators and costs lower, …show more content…
This leads to death of the bird because they cannot access food or water. The birds are ab lib fed with pellets and drinking water is usually supplied by nipple drinkers. They are also not provided with perches or nesting materials. Hens have to endure the pains of feather loss and red sore patches of skin from having to continually stretch their neck through the bars of the cage in the attempt to reach for food at the front. The chickens eventually develop inflamed and raw chests without any feathers after one year. This also affects the tail and neck area and horribly by the end of their lives (which are very short) the majority of hens kept in battery cages have lost the majority of their …show more content…
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How have the demands of consumers influenced the way farmers manage their egg industry in Australia?
Battery cages are cages in which farmers use in the egg industry to house hens. Around 8 to 10 hens are confined in the space about the size of a cabinet drawer. The eggs are laid onto wire cage floors and roll to the front of the cage for collection. Battery cages are stacked in rows on top of each other, so within a single building, hundreds of thousands of birds are housed. The wire floors are sloped at an angle so that the eggs are able to roll out of the cages. Although farmers can easily take advantage of this method of egg production as it reduces risks of disease, provides protection from predators and costs lower, …show more content…
This leads to death of the bird because they cannot access food or water. The birds are ab lib fed with pellets and drinking water is usually supplied by nipple drinkers. They are also not provided with perches or nesting materials. Hens have to endure the pains of feather loss and red sore patches of skin from having to continually stretch their neck through the bars of the cage in the attempt to reach for food at the front. The chickens eventually develop inflamed and raw chests without any feathers after one year. This also affects the tail and neck area and horribly by the end of their lives (which are very short) the majority of hens kept in battery cages have lost the majority of their …show more content…
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/agriculture/production/4088/egg_answers.htm (accessed July 20, 2014).
"Battery Cage." VeganRabbit. http://veganrabbit.com/battery-cage/ (accessed July 20, 2014).
"Battery Hens." Voiceless. https://www.voiceless.org.au/the-issues/battery-hens (accessed July 20, 2014).
Wikimedia Foundation. "Battery cage." Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_cage (accessed July 20, 2014).
"CAGED EGGS." CAGED EGGS. http://nocagedeggs.com/caged-eggs.htm (accessed July 22, 2014).
"Conventional battery cages." Conventional battery cages. http://www.fawc.org.uk/reports/layhens/lhgre028.htm (accessed July 20, 2014).
"RSPCA Australia knowledgebase." What is the RSPCA 's position on battery cages? -. http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-RSPCAs-position-on-battery-cages_103.html (accessed July 20, 2014).
"The Battery Hen: Her Life Is Not For The Birds by Karen Davis United Poultry Concerns, Inc.." Egg Production. http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/egg-battery.html (accessed July 22, 2014).
"Why Cage-Free Eggs are Not Cruelty-Free." About.com Animal Rights. http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalsusedforfood/a/CageFreeEggs.htm (accessed July 20,