Crammed together in the dark with their beaks cut off, 14million hens languish in cages across the UK.
After hearing horror stories of these cruel living conditions, six in 10 of us are now buying free-range eggs.
Cages severely distress hens, frustrating their ability to perform innate behaviours such as wing-flapping, dust-bathing, stretching, foraging, perching and nesting.
