You do realize most commercial meat operation raise batches of about 10k birds per barn/batch? Now, I am not arguing animal welfare… except to say maybe “Hey, that’s MY Soapbox!” I survive off of sustainable ethical meat and egg production (which barely breaks even… lol). I 100% agree commercial poultry practices are wrong. However WHAT is the root cause of this?
The demand for cheap eggs and meat. Did you know the retail price of ground beef has hardly changed in over 14 years? It’s gone up perhaps $0.50 per kg. Meanwhile cost of living, taxes, and wages have all increased. Farmers have been left behind. Without government subsidies there would be no food, because the farmers couldn’t afford to produce it. There’s a whole lot of math and economics behind this, but basically what we have is a broken economy, and a food system that doesn’t adequately respect animals because the consumer is only willing or able to pay a very small amount for those animal products, regardless of the actual cost of producing that food. So ALL the animals (and small farmers) suffer because of this. My meat birds sell for about $30 each, because of quality and people who value the ethical production. Last year I actually lost money on them, but the market probably wouldn’t have borne the cost of even a small profit.
I have a lot of interest in food history, how the Industrial Revolution has had an impact on farming and food, as well as things like the World Wars (rationing etc) and Great Depression. Only through looking at the history of our food systems and comparing it to the modern one we find ourselves in, can we appreciate the bigger picture. And don’t get me started on being Vegan to “save the animals” lol.
It all boils down to Supply and Demand. We need to focus on changing the demand and making food that was treated ethically financially possible for the average consumers. Through reducing our consumption, actually valuing the products (animals!), and paying people adequately to be able to meet their basic needs. Some nutritional components of our diet are most available through animals products… so let’s value and respect those animals fully!
Taxes soon… it’s raining! The white stuff is melting. I can photograph some muddy chickens again
Sorry for my Soap Box talk. 
now having worked in poultry processing (in actual slaughterhouses) and more recently in production/farming theres a portion of the inedible offal that is not for human consumption going into the pet food industry (at least the plants I work in it is raw pet food) but…
