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    What is a battery hen?

    Question #127766. Asked by Leeasa. (Nov 13 12 9:35 AM)


    euab

    		Battery hens are laying hens who are confined in battery cages for the duration of their short lives.The earliest version of the battery cage was developed around the 1930s, and it quickly became a runaway success in the poultry industry.
    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-battery-hens.htm#

    Nov 13 12, 10:01 AM
    sooz888

    		The term 'battery' in this sense refers to the system of inter-connected cages used to confine the birds. A similar system has been used for fur-farming.

    wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_cage

    Nov 14 12, 6:51 AM

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