Cram, Grow, Kill: The cruelty-filled life of a broiler chicken

Hatching:

Thousands of chicks are hached in incubator shelves

Delivery:

The chicks are crated and delivered to the broiler houses

Debeaking:
Shortly after delivery, the chicks are painfully
debeaked to stop possible pecking at each other

Antibiotics and growth hormone administration:
The chicks are given antibiotics and growth
hormones that cause extremely fast deveopment

Broiler houses:
The birds spend about 2 months in cramped,
feces-filled broiler houses

Transport to slaughterhouse:
Chickens are thrown into plastic crates that are
stacked on the backs of trucks. Chickens can
freeze or overheat on the way as they are not protected from the weather

Slaughter:
Conscious chickens are hung in racks by their feet.
Chickens are stunned at such a low voltage that
they are still alive when their throats are slit and
are dipped into scalding water for feather removal

Hatching

Debeaking

Antibiotics/ Growth Hormones

Broiler Houses

Transport  to Slaughterhouse

Slaughter