Sickness and disease are inherent problems in factory farms where birds are forced to live in filth and extreme confinement.  In an attempt to minimize costs, and maximize profit, even the sickest of hens are denied veterinary care.  Hens are left to die a slow, and often agonizingly painful, death from sickness and injury.

Forcing a naturally physical bird to spend her life in a cramped and stationary position causes numerous health problems such as: muscle degeneration, poor blood circulation, osteoprosis, and foot and leg deformities.

Numerous other health problems plague hens on factory farms.  At Buckeye and Daylay, investigators found birds suffering from raging eye and sinus infections, mechanical feather damage, pasturela, paralysis, vitamin deficiency, enlarged vents, wing hemetones, and blindness.

After reviewing footage from the investigation, Elliot M. Katz, DVM stated:

"It is outrageous that the operators neglect hens who are suffering so horribly from acute and chronic eye infections and injuries to the eyes -- one of the most painful of all areas of the body when afflicted. With eye injuries such as these, the failure to provide appropriate treatment and veterinary care is the height of irresponsibility."