All chicken's should be raised free range!

This is greed that causes the large farms and treatment of the chickens. But realize it isn't just chickens it is all meat, everything we eat is the result of large farms! I seen on tv where a city outlawed raising your own chickens because of the health dangers to people. Gone are the days of grandpa and grandma, think I need to add great to that, had the self supporting farm. The cow to milk for the dairy products, the chickens for the eggs, the pig for the bacon. Even in the country we don't live like that anymore. WE had a neighbor that had 1 acre in the country and they had chickens, but the county wouldn't let them have a horse and cow! Not enough room for them they said!!!!!! We have been overtaken by the laws of our country to where we cannot even provide for our selfs.

Just go vegan. It's best for the chickens, the eggs and you!

Not to mention the terrible factory farming practices chickens are subjected to...in some of the worse facilities, they are taken as chicks and have half of the upper portion of their beaks seared off so they can't peck each other. Most aren't able to stand properly when kept in small cages and their muscles atrophy. There are many more awful and inhumane things that occur in large groups of cage egg-laying chickens, and among other animals bred for food. The whole reason we ended up with mad cow disease in the last decade was because herbivorous livestock were being fed ground up bones and brain matter of other livestock! And we wonder why these things happen... Anyway, I am in agreement with you, ideally, all chickens should be free-range, and treated and fed properly.

Love the article you started! I remember well when I used to visit my grandpas farm and his chickens roamed everywhere and they all knew when to go in the chicken coop at night. you are right you seldom see chickens roaming around free as they were meant to be. I remember a Banny rooster though he thought he was as big as anything and if you just passed him he would chase you and try to spur you (oh the good ole days LOL) My other grandpa had ducks. I remember being 5 years old and wanting to feed the ducks and they were loose on the farm too. So I took a bucket of corn grandpa gave me and he expected I would throw the corn to them and instead I was trying to feed them one kernal at a time, needless to say the ducks wanted their food and were nipping at my ankles behind me. And I remember not wanting to let go of the bucket of corn because I wanted to feed them! I think you are right animals should have rights too. Even though we use eggs they should have a natural setting for them just as we think we have a natural setting in our homes.