Chickens

Having spent considerable time in the chicken business a recent law passed in California caught my eye. The new law says laying hens must have larger cages. A laying hen is fed for about 25 weeks before it lays an egg and then it lays for about 18 months lying about 250 eggs per year and then it is slaughtered and the meat sold for various purposes such as soup. Expanding the size of buildings to hold these birds will increase the cost of operation in things like utilities and insurance. These costs will be passed on to the consumer and I hope the chickens appreciate this. There are some people who believe that humans should not consume meat and they have been trying to close down the meat industry and figure that if they can increase the cost of meat this will further their cause.