Translations for „battery hen“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

battery hen N Aus, Brit

battery hen

ку́рица-несу́шка f (на птицефа́брике)

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English

They're existing, rather than living, like battery hens.

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Most of us don't want to live like battery hens in areas devoid of nature.

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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.

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We really will be squeezed in like battery hens.

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The way they are raised is equal to battery hens that have now been banned in this country.

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The only way to free battery hens from a life of abject cruelty is by not buying the eggs or chickens.

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I did not imagine that he would be abandoned to die like a battery hen, crushed against the bars of his bed.

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Any civilized society would have banned battery hen farming long ago.

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A battery hen shed or broiler meat chicken facility are ripe petri dishes for viruses to flourish.

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Not everything on the supermarket shelves is from a miserable battery hen or a field soaked in toxic pesticides.

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