That may be you MA but this is not the large majority of commercial enterprises. When Bernard Mathews farms over here in the UK were found to contain the so-called bird 'flu, it showed on the television news, *thousands* of birds spilling out of these huge barns. There couldn't have been an inch of space between them. This is not the worst of it either, you only have to look at the Compassion in World Farming web site to know this. Dee
-------Original Message------- From: MaryAnn Helland Date: 25/04/2009 20:19:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>the corpse thread...OT Indi -- that is total BS and proves your ignorance. It so happens that my husband and I built two broiler houses and raised chickens commercially for 13 years. Beaks and feet were never removed -- if they were, then the birds would not be able to get to the feed and water that they need to survive, much less grow to harvest size. Neither were they confined to "very tight spaces" -- the barns were large and airy. You may have some valid points regarding beef, but not poultry. MA
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