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Forced moult

Part of a hen's natural reproductive cycle. After laying eggs for about a year, a hen loses her feathers and rests for a few weeks as new feathers grow in. This is called molting, or a molt, and it usually happens at the beginning of winter. On factory farms, hens are subjected to forced molting, where farm operators cause this process to happen rapidly by depriving hens of food for several days and altering the schedule of light and darkness in the confinement building. This way, all the hens moult simultaneously and over a very short time period.

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