Proposed Bill Would Ban Tiny Cages For Egg-Laying Chickens ... He argues that the millions of birds now in those small “battery cages”wouldn’t ... 2-foot-wide metal stalls so restricted ...

Life is short, about eight weeks for these Cornish cross hens, and it ends with one swift slice. Scott Ogle grabs the chickens and stuffs them upside down one by one in a row of metal funnels ...

Some background: Ninety percent of America's eggs are laid by chickens that live in long rows of metal wire cages. Each cage holds about eight hens, and they're packed in pretty tightly.

The European Union banned battery cages in 2012 and many suppliers in the U.S. have followed suit. For its part, Costco announced in 2007 that it planned to move to cage free eggs, but didn’t ...

Animal rights activists have derided the practice of confining hens in small cages as "inhumane," "torture," and "extreme." More than 130,000 Massachusetts residents signed petitions supporting a ...