German Chicken Lots

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[Wifezilla]

Even on many organic chicken farms, the barns are now so crowded that beak tips are burned off.

"Shortening beaks isn't like trimming nails," says Hermann Focke. "It's an invasive procedure and causes long-term pain." Focke is the former head of the veterinary inspection office in Cloppenburg in northwest Germany, a region with the highest density of farm animals in Europe.

The real reason for shortening beaks is that the birds live in claustrophobically tight quarters in barns, especially near the end of the fattening period -- a stage that the industry is careful to keep out of the public eye.

Organic doesn't really mean much anymore does it?

 

[big brown horse]

Yep, I know. I don't trust 'organic' anymore. :/

 

[ORChick]

But, hey, it works in the US doesn't it? So the rest of the world sees a *good* model, and copies it.

 

[abifae]

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[colowyo0809]

Thought you might find it interesting that Germany is finally starting have people question the methods of factory chicken too

Germany's Chicken Wars

This, this is the reason why we are doing what we do! I don't understand how anyone, anyone can think that these practices are a good idea? It irritates/annoys/angers me to no end!

*stomps off angrily muttering to self*