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US chicken companies pioneered restricting sleep to keep birds eating around the clock.

A new study (Li et al., 2026) recommends giving chickens just 2 hours of darkness nightly to maximize the time they spend eating. The study and photo are Chinese.

We know chickens have far better hapiness with 7–8 hours of darkness to sleep.

But they eat more and grow faster when they are sleep deprived.

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[-] NightShot@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Reports like these are the reason I couldn't stand eating meat anymore. Went vegetarian first but learned soon that vegetarism is just meat eating with extra steps. Everything thats for vegetarians but not vegan contributes to the same suffering as eating meat.

It's all worth it even with all the shit I get to eat from other guys for being a vegan man.

Get a vegan cookbook,vegan suppliments and be part of the change.

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago

You need supplements? What about pesticides? Any concerns there?

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Poisons and toxins concentrate dramatically for every step up the food chain you go. It is called bioamplification.

[-] Tiral@lemmy.world -4 points 16 hours ago

Nah, they're cool with killing all the non cute animals and destroying the natural habitat of animals to make way for super farms that just kill everything in its path.

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