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Chicken companies prevent chicken from sleeping to keep them eating around the clock (lemmy.nz)

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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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[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

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

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 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 14 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.