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Wishful Thinking
We like to think of chickens living
on a farm where they can freely enter and leave a
barn...
...and go for a leisurely stroll
around the yard...
...and build a
nest in which to lay their eggs.
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Egg Production | Forced Molting | Hatchlings |
Meat Production |
Slaughter | Transport
Hatchlings
(Chicken - Baby - 01) At the hatchery, chicks enter this world inside drawers of
huge incubators They have no mother to take care for them as God intended. Every time we see a scene like this one we
think of Jesus' words as He looked upon Jerusalem: "...how often I have longed to gather your
children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were
not willing" (Matthew 23:37). And now, because of the hardness of heart of human beings,
the analogy of a hen gathering her chicks under her wings is no longer applicable. |
(Chicken - Baby - 02)
The lives of male chicks have no value to an egg farmer.
In this photo, unwanted male chicks struggle to survive amid egg shells and
garbage in a dumpster behind a hatchery for laying hens. They
were just thrown out with the trash. |
(Chicken - Baby - 03) These are more male chicks that have been thrown away as garbage at a
hatchery for laying hens. Some people mistakenly think that there is
no death involved in the egg business, but they are sadly mistaken. To
begin with, for every laying hen there is a dead male chick. At some
hatcheries, if the males are not thrown away, they are ground up alive,
mixed with grain and fed to the females. |
(Chicken - Baby - 04)
This photo, and the next nine photos of dead baby male chickens are from
Germany, where about 40,000,000 male chicks are thrown away in trash
containers to suffocate to death every year, simply because they have no
commercial value in the egg industry. |
(Chicken - Baby - 05)
These dead baby male chicks never got to enjoy life as God intended.
No wonder God said, "The intent of man's heart is evil from his youth"
(Genesis 8:21). |
(Chicken - Baby - 06)
This is a closer look at some of the 40,000,000 male chicks that are killed
by the egg industry in Germany every year. This number is estimated to
be about 4 times larger in the United States. |
(Chicken - Baby - 07)
More murdered male chicks...their lives are considered worthless by the egg
industry, so they are thrown away as trash. |
(Chicken - Baby - 08)
He and his brothers never got to know life as God intended. Human
greed cut their lives short. |
(Chicken - Baby - 09)
These dead male chicks prove that there is nothing humane about egg farming. |
(Chicken - Baby - 10) Just so much trash... |
(Chicken - Baby - 11) And more trash... |
(Chicken - Baby - 12) Every person who eats eggs contributes to the
death of these baby male chickens and their mothers. |
(Chicken - Baby - 13) The only thing
these dead male chicks ever got to know about their mothers were the bits of shell that came from her body.
The egg industry is cruel. Be compassionate! Don't support them with your money. Don't eat eggs! |
Egg Production
(Chicken - Egg Production - 01) Egg laying hens are packed into
'battery cages' which are
lined up in rows in huge factory warehouses. They
are left in these cages for up to two years. Such inhumane treatment
of other living beings is evil. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 02) This is another look
at the hens in a battery cage. Notice the poor
condition of their feathers. By constantly rubbing against their wire cages, egg laying hens
suffer from severe feather loss. This is a human-caused condition! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 03) Practically all egg laying chickens in the U.S.
live in crowded wire battery cages which are lined up in rows and stacked in tiers. Simply because humans have the power to treat
chickens with such cruelty, doesn't make it right or just. Evil is evil, no matter how we try to excuse it. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 04) Standing on slanted wire floors, battery caged laying hens
commonly suffer from foot and leg maladies. To these egg farmers, the suffering of the chickens is of little or no
importance - if it allows the eggs to automatically roll out of the cages, so that their labor costs are kept down. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 05)
One of the hens in this battery house escaped her cage and is standing in
the aisle between the tiers of cages. The problem is, she still cannot
escape her endless suffering, because she is still locked inside the
building. Such inhumane treatment of another living and feeling being
is demonic. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 06)
This photo gives us a closer look at a single battery cage. Typically, four to five egg laying
hens are packed into wire battery cage which has a floor the size of a folded newspaper.
They cannot even stretch their wings. Stop this evil and cruel treatment of chickens. Stop eating eggs! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 07)
These battery cages are so small that the hens can't even stand up without
their heads sticking out through the wire at the top of the cage. This
is an example of how human beings pile one evil act upon another. It's
time it stops! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 08)
Every year millions of egg laying hens die in their battery cages.
This dead hen was removed from her cage and laid on top of it. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 09)
This photo was taken at an ISC factory farming operation where there are
800,000 laying hens confined in small cages. The sheer magnitude
of this concentration camp staggers ones imagination. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 10) Some hens manage to escape from their cages, only to fall
into the manure pits below, where they meet a slow death without food or water. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 11) In the manure pits,
Compassion Over Killing (COK) investigators found mass graves of
dead hens, presumably discarded by workers. The chickens that are alive have to live in the
stench and fumes of the rotting remains of their companions and their own feces. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 12)
COK investigators reported that the battery cage buildings at ISC were
infested with billions of flies. Note how many have accumulated in the
pail of bad eggs. Perhaps ISC hopes that the chickens will supplement
their diet with these flies, but we can't help wondering what diseases may
also be involved. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 13)
Many hens get their heads stuck beneath the feeding trough and die of
dehydration. We believe this happens because the hens are trying to
rescue their newly laid eggs which have rolled away. To us, this
proves how emotionally distressing these "torture chambers" are to the
chickens, who on top of all of their other suffering, lose their children
over and over again day after day. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 14)
This hen has her leg caught between the bars of two cages. She is
still alive, but will soon die if not released. To the egg farmers,
the life of a single chicken appears to be of no value. Photos like
these prove to us the evilness of factory farming, and how ungodly these
farmers really are. It's as we are told in Proverbs 12:10, "A
righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, But even the compassion
of the wicked is cruel." |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 15)
Hens who get caught underneath feeding troughs
suffer from routine trampling from other birds until they finally die from
dehydration. It's as though these battery cages
were deliberately designed to cause the chickens as much pain and suffering
as possible while providing the maximum profit. "For the love of money is a
root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away
from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10). |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 16) This hen was still alive.
She had woven her neck between the bars of her cage. COK
investigators freed her neck and gave her water. From
the condition of the hen it is obvious that no farm worker made any attempt
to rescue her. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 17)
We believe that these cruel egg farmers have crammed 8 hens into this cage.
Such crowding causes enormous psychological and physical strain upon these
chickens. Every person who eats an egg contributes to this suffering. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 18)
On the average, each of the hens in these battery cages has only about 52
square inches of cage "floor" area. That's an area of 7-1/4 inches by
7-1/4 inches. They spend most of their lives there simply because some
human beings have the power to force them to do so, and most other people
don't seem to care. It's time we start caring! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 19)
Every time we publish another of these photos in this photo journal, it
increases our resolve to end the suffering that our fellow human beings
inflict upon these innocent beings. Join us, and stop eating animals
and their by-products; and tell others why you have stopped. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 20)
These cages are so crowded that all the hens don't have enough space to sit
or lie down at the same time. In order to find space to sit and lie
down, this hen was forced to climb on top of the other hens. Note the
horrible condition of the top hen's feathers, most of which have been lost. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 21)
Overcrowded conditions lead to feather loss which is caused by the struggle
for space and by constantly rubbing against the wire of the cages. To
force chickens to live this way is evil and ungodly. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 22)
This hen has suffered such severe feather loss that a large area of her skin
is bare. This is cruel and inhumane treatment; but the law says that
because it's standard practice in the industry, it doesn't break the law.
That doesn't make it any less evil. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 23)
In addition to suffering severe feather loss, this hen has been splattered
with feces from hens above her. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 24)
Try to imagine the stress that these hens must be under. Imagine
yourself being trapped in a passenger elevator with seven other people for
two years, and you might come close to understanding what some people are
doing to these chickens. Don't contribute to their pain and suffering.
Stop eating eggs! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 25)
This photo shows more chickens suffering from severe feather loss because of
the cruelty and indifference of human beings. It's time we begin to
care and speak out! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 26)
More feather loss and more misery - the story of an egg laying battery hen's
life. And, everyone who eats eggs contributes to their suffering. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 27)
This hen has lost so many feathers that she is almost completely bald.
Speak up! Its time to say no to this pain and suffering.
Stop eating eggs, and any animals. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 28) This is a photo of a
hen with an eye infection. Since vet care costs more than allowing hens to languish and die, these types of
injuries are ignored by the egg industry. This is
just another example of the pain and suffering that is in every egg. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 29)
This is another hen with an eye problem. She has a growth over her eye
which has remained untreated. This is one of the reasons that we
believe that the animal agriculture industry is evil. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 30)
This hen is suffering with a tumor or infection on the side of her head. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 31)
The hen in the foreground has an untreated infected cut on the back of her
head, which was most likely caused by the sharp end of one of the wires in
the cage. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 32)
Dead hens commonly go unnoticed in battery cages, forcing the living to
eat and sleep on top of the corpses of their former cellmates. To us, this is just
another example of how evil the farmed animal industry really is. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 33)
Compassion Over Killing investigators found this dead chicken lying on top
of a cage of living hens. We find it difficult to understand why a
farm worker, who had pulled this dead chicken out of a cage, would leave her
on top to rot. Our only answer is that such people are totally devoid
of any compassion. Surely, such a lack of compassion can be defined as evil. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 34
Here is another dead and decomposing hen that was found lying on top of this
battery cage. Represented here is just a small part of the misery that is in
every egg that is sold or eaten. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 35)
Apparently, this hen died of dehydration after she became stuck between the
wire bars of her cage. All we can presume is that no one cared.
The time and effort needed to release this hen must have been considered
more costly than the life and value of the chicken. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 36)
This dead hen is lying with her head in the food trough. It is hard
for us to understand how this could have gone unnoticed by the farm workers.
Obviously they didn't care. Rightly so does the Bible teach us that
"the compassion of the wicked is cruel." |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 37) Evidently,
this hen accidentally hanged herself when she got her head twisted around
the wires at the top of her battery cage. Eggs don't come to the table
without death. Some die sooner and some suffer on to die later. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 38)
Apparently, this hen was standing on top of another hen. When the
lower hen moved, the one above was left hanging by her neck. These
cages are not designed to protect the hens. They are designed as
inexpensively as possible only to keep the hens confined. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 39)
This badly decomposed hen was found in the bottom of a battery cage with
living chickens still in it. Concern for the life and well-being of
farmed animals appears to be nonexistent. Apparently, all these people
value is their financial statement's bottom line. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 40)
This is a photo of a caged egg-laying hen with a painful eye infection that
has gone untreated at a Buckeye factory farm in Ohio. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 41)
This is what happens when a painful eye infection goes untreated. "It is outrageous that the operators neglect hens who are
suffering so horribly from acute and chronic eye infections and injuries to
the eyes -- one of the most painful of all areas of the body when afflicted.
With eye injuries such as these, the failure to provide appropriate
treatment and veterinary care is the height of irresponsibility." --Elliot M. Katz, DVM. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 42)
This laying hen, with a painful untreated eye infection, was removed from
the cage. As long as people want cheap eggs to eat, the cruelty will
continue to exist. The answer? Stop eating eggs! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 43)
This is another battery hen, with an untreated painful eye infection, at a
Buckeye factory farm in Ohio. "It is the love of money that leads to
such evil" (1 Timothy 6:10), for it is less expensive to allow this living
soul to suffer until she dies than it is to treat her infection, or even to
euthanize her. And, every egg that is purchased contributes to this
evil. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 44)
From what we have learned, eye infection seems to be quite common among
battery hens. We believe that the major contributing factor is the
ammonia gas coming from the manure coupled with the crowded unsanitary
conditions. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 45)
This hen is suffering from a serious sinus infection. Without proper
veterinary care, this condition will only get worse, and the chicken will
continue to suffer until she dies. To allow this to happen is evil,
and it shows us how depraved some humans can be. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 46)
This hen is suffering from an infection that has caused severe swelling on
the side of her face. She feels pain just as much as we do. As
long as humans demand cheap eggs, this suffering and depraved indifference
to life will continue. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 47) This is another hen with a severely swollen
head which was caused by an untreated infection. Stop the cruelty!
Stop eating eggs! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 48)
This hen's wing is caught between the wires of a battery cage. She is
unable to get to food or water or to lie down. She is painfully
suspended in an upright position. Imagine having your hand and wrist
tied to a shower curtain rod so that you can't sit down or get to drinking
water for more than a whole day, and you might have some idea what this hen
is suffering. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 49) This is
another hen who has been caught in the wires of a battery cage. In this
condition, she is unable to get to food or water. This problem is caused by
humans who consider cheap construction costs more important than the welfare
of the chickens. The Bible tells us that this is evil (1 Timothy 6:10);
since, to such people, the love of money far outweighs concern for the lives
of chickens. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 50)
This hen's foot is swollen to several times its natural size. One of
the evils of this egg industry is that they don't spend any money on
veterinary care for sick and injured hens. Because money is their god,
those in this industry consider it less expensive to let the hens suffer and
die than to treat their problems. Don't be part of this ungodliness!
Don't buy or eat eggs! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 51)
Because the battery hens never get a chance to scratch the ground, as God
intended them to do, their toe nails are not ground down. As a result
they grow too large (see photo). This condition makes it both
difficult and painful to even stand properly. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 52)
This hen died with her head stuck in the egg trough. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 53)
Laying hens are forced to stand every moment of every day on wire bottom
cages which hurt their feet. When a cage mate dies, the live chickens
will stand on top of the dead one to relieve the pain. From the
condition of dead chicken, she has obviously been left in the cage for a long time. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 54)
This is the body of another dead chicken that has been left to decompose in
the bottom of a battery cage. This is proof positive that eating eggs
DOES contribute to chicken suffering and death. |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 55)
This is another photo of hens standing on the decomposing body of a dead
cage mate. There is no compassion in the factory farming industry! |
(Chicken - Egg Production - 56)
...and another photos of a hen standing on the decomposing body of another
her... After seeing the reality of the cruelty involved in factory
farming operations, people frequently write to us and say that they are
ashamed to be a member of the human race. When we read statements like
these, we think about how much worse God must feel about the human race,
since He lovingly created all the animals and charged humans with
compassionately caring for them. |
Forced Molting
(Chicken - Forced Molting - 01)
As laying hens age, they begin to lay fewer eggs. So, in order to
increase their profits, the egg industry starves the hens for up to two
weeks, causing the hens to molt. The forced molting puts the hens in a
survival mode, so that when they are fed again, they begin to lay more eggs.
Financial gain does not justify such evil practices. |
(Chicken - Forced Molting - 02)
This hen was rescued after living for months in a dark shed with thousands
of other hens, all stuffed into cages with three-six other hens. Being
starved of food or water, she was forced molted several times before being
rescued. Here she enjoys the first moments of peace she may have ever
experienced. |
(Chicken - Forced Molting - 03) Hens
might be force-moulted one more time, or even twice, in order to get as many
eggs from your tired body as possible. And then, when—like the dairy cow—you
can’t produce enough of your reproductive secretions, you become cheap
meat—dog food, soup, or baby food. You will be less than two years old,
about a tenth of your potential lifespan. |
Slaughter
(Chicken - Slaughter - 01)
Every hour at the slaughterhouse, thousands of chickens are hung upside down
in shackles on a conveyer and killed. We can only imagine the terror
that they feel. |
(Chicken - Slaughter - 02)
This is another photo of chickens in a slaughterhouse. When we became
aware of the pain and suffering that our fellow human beings inflict upon
other living beings, we adopted a vegan diet as a protest against this
holocaust and no longer eat any animals or their by-products. |
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