Free range: The sad truth behind 'ethical' egg farming

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http://www.sneakymag.com We saw for ourselves the conditions that produce the so-called ethical alternative in the egg industry. Host - Elfy Scott Camera - James Branson Edit - James Millynn

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Free range and cage free are two completely different terms, these were cage free birds, showing a free range bird commercial and accusing free range farmers of lying is propaganda.

blah im eating scrambled eggs tomorrow

Ok for all the people whom have never lived in the country and produced their own food these are the facts. 1. Hens go through a moulting cycle where they shed their feathers and grow new ones. 2. Hens like a lot of other species ( including humans) pick on the weaker ones. 3 Death and sickness is natural and given the number in the shed some deaths and drying should be expected. 4. The majority of consumers want cheap animal products. 5. Most farmers take care of their livestock because if they did not they would not produce.

Thank you very much for tge animal rescuers who pur in their efforts for the poutries.

i always have to laugh at how shocked they are when they see some chickens with their feathers missing... you guys know chickens molt!?

This is not about free range chicken

I work on a farm and people don't understand it takes huge farming like this to support 7 billion people on this planet..I know it's not a pretty thing but we have no choice

Did they pay the farmer back for those stolen chickens... that could of been someones dinner!

well done

"The chaos of the shed made them unnaturally aggressive"
Guess you've never seen anyone have chickens before then, even on open fields. I rarely see chickens without naked pecked rears.

WHO PAID YOUR ASS OFF?
PLUS THE FACT NOT ALL FREE RAGE IS LIKE THIS. FACT.
WHY DONT YOU GO TO THE NEW WAY OF CHICKEN CRAP COMPANIES. THEY WONT LET YOU IN. BUT THERE ARE FREE RAGE ARE WONDERFUL. YOUR MAKING LIKE ALL ARE BAD. YOUR A PAID OFF ASSHOLE. I CHALLANGE YOU TO GO THE THE BIG NON FREE RANGE COMPANIES (IF YOU CAN GO W/O THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND FILM THAT).
IT'S A LIVING HELL. BEEN ON TV AT TIMES.
JUST DONT LABEL ALL FREE RANGE FARMS.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY NEGATIVITY ON MY COMMENT. SAVE YOUR TXNG FINGERS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.

"Chicken shit"

These are not chickens at the start they went slightly in the air this is not chickens

The sad truth is that this is sh_tty vegan journalism. This is not the so-called ethical alternative. This is industrial factory egg farming without battery cages.

You need to be careful with your words. These are not even free range chickens or an ethical farm. Free range means kept in natural conditions and freedom to move around. These chickens are cage free where they can move around but their conditions are unnatural. It's quite obvious this isn't an ethical farm knowing these chickens are exposed to their own faeces in a closed environment. An ethical farm would do things more traditionally. This video was probably just a means for you to convince others to "go vegan". Just know there is always a correct way of doing things.

I don't think those checks are free range, although they are cage free

Whichever way you look at it there is no "ethical" way to kill anything. It is that simple just go Vegan

Pity you cannot rescue some of dogs and cats slaughtered by the Chinese in their Yulin festival every June. Just sickening and likely worse than the pigs if that is ever possible! Glad to see that you are taking an active involvement in rescue of these unfortunate animals.

Check out how the muslims in Australia kill there animals for halal