Uploaded by paulblanchardyork on Aug 25, 2007
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
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