battery hen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

battery hen in the PONS Dictionary

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During the war, while parts of the factory were turned over to war time production, the land to the north was used for battery hen egg production.
en.wikipedia.org
I did not imagine that he would be abandoned to die like a battery hen, crushed against the bars of his bed.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Most people are genuine, they want to give a battery hen a good life.
www.sunlive.co.nz
The suffering of battery hens is certainly no "triviality", but there's a reasonable concern here.
theconversation.com
Conditions in a pilot scheme touted as the egg industry's future are not much better than standard battery hen cages, animal welfare advocates say.
www.odt.co.nz
However, it's a bad joke, because the luwaks are farmed for their secretions like battery hens.
www.stuff.co.nz
The only way to free battery hens from a life of abject cruelty is by not buying the eggs or chickens.
www.stuff.co.nz
Apparently the farmhouse is equipped with a gym and treadmills, and it is kind of sad to think of her trotting alone inside, like a battery hen on manoeuvres.
www.dailymail.co.uk
And if the human on the end of the phone is happy, motivated to help and not treated like a battery hen, all the better.
thenextweb.com
Not everything on the supermarket shelves is from a miserable battery hen or a field soaked in toxic pesticides.
www.thenational.scot

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