Hens are confined four or five to a small wire cage of the size of the folded newspaper.
They do not have enough room to extend their wings.

Hens are de-beaked so they do not hurt each other.

Artificial feeding and environment maximize egg production.

Standing on slanted wire floors, battery caged laying hens commonly suffer from foot and leg maladies.

Most natural forms of behaviors are suppressed

Practically all egg laying chickens in the U.S. are crowded in wire battery cages which are lined up in rows and stacked in tiers.

Male chicks have no economic value to egg industry

still alive amid egg shells in a dumpster

Dumpster behind a hatchery for laying hens