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TIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwards (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I have no doubt that future generations (if we get there) will look back at our factory farming practices with revulsion and disgust.

At the end of the day, these are still living beings and we have no real understanding of the agony that our practices are truly inflicting upon them.

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