Wait now—I thought cage-free chickens suffered as much or more than caged? I heard the claim a long time ago but never looked in to it closely.
Welfare Footpring Institute, gives a nice overview of the pain reduced moving from cage to cage-free environments here.
That’s very helpful! They don’t try to include the cost of fear; the old story I’d heard about cage-free environments was that there’s more fighting and cannibalism. But given the other large benefits, I’m convinced that cage-free is better.
Glad to hear it was helpful. I think they are planning to do another piece of research that will incorporate this as well. Awesome organisation.
Wait now—I thought cage-free chickens suffered as much or more than caged? I heard the claim a long time ago but never looked in to it closely.
Welfare Footpring Institute, gives a nice overview of the pain reduced moving from cage to cage-free environments here.
That’s very helpful! They don’t try to include the cost of fear; the old story I’d heard about cage-free environments was that there’s more fighting and cannibalism. But given the other large benefits, I’m convinced that cage-free is better.
Glad to hear it was helpful. I think they are planning to do another piece of research that will incorporate this as well. Awesome organisation.