Needless to say, jamming deformed, drugged, overstressed birds together in a filthy, waste-coated room is not very healthy. Beyond deformities, eye damage, blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower legs and necks, respiratory diseases, and weakened immune systems are frequent and long-standing problems on factory farms. Jonathan Safran Foer
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On factory farms, birds are crammed together in filthy, waste-coated rooms. Their beaks are clipped, their wings are clipped, their legs are clipped, their tails are clipped. They are injected with drugs to make them grow faster or in some cases to make them lay eggs more frequently. They are given antibiotics when they get sick.

Some of these drugs make them more susceptible to disease in the future. A lot of the antibiotics kill beneficial bacteria in the bird's gut which could be easily replaced by good bacteria from a supplement you can buy at any health food store. The same thing happens when the birds eat GMO feed that is full of pharmaceuticals and pesticides.

Source: Eating Animals

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