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Free-range paradox: The high cost of happy chickens

Free-range paradox: The high cost of happy chickens
The average laying chicken has a life expectancy of about two years, far greater than that of its brethren, chickens bred for meat, who barely reach chicken “tweenhood” at six weeks, when they “move on.” So for the laying chicken, free-range
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