A firsthand account of how it feels to work in the factory farming industry.

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I knew my time as an undercover investigator at a chicken hatchery ([link removed]) was going to be difficult, but I could never have imagined the physical and mental toll the three months I spent there would have on me. I not only saw cruelty, but neglect and even just indifference leading to torment, injury and death of so many birds.

Approximately 200,000 birds are processed daily at this hatchery. I saw chicks who hatched with deformities, or who hatched improperly or early, rendering them unsuitable to process and send to grow-out facilities. These babies were cast aside like trash and left to languish in trays, sometimes for over an hour, until they were killed, sometimes by being ground up alive.

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Image 1: A chick struggles to walk with an injured leg.
Image 2: A live chick inside a machine called a macerator. They will be ground up alive.
Those deemed suitable to be processed were not treated like living, sentient beings. They were treated like widgets on a production line. Some of these innocent birds were trapped, maimed, dismembered or pulverized in the dangerous machinery that carried them along this production line. As was the case with any of the chicks who were deformed or hatched incorrectly, those who were injured during the process were thrown into trays and euthanized only when someone got around to it.

The indifference and cruelty didn’t stop there. I witnessed workers handling newborn chicks roughly, throwing them, dragging plastic trays over them and even driving over them with machinery. It was so hard to stand by every day and watch so much cruelty and death.

Image 3: An injured chick with an inch long piece of flesh hanging from the neck.
Image 4: A deformed chick with three legs.
The horrors I saw daily really did take a toll on me. This work affected me physically. I suffered from rashes and my bones hurt. I was constantly tired as I could not sleep at night. The day's events would be on my mind as I tried to rest. When I did manage to sleep, I had vivid nightmares about the things I’d seen during my shift, like birds with their eyeballs hanging out and their mangled little bodies. Every day I wanted to say to the workers, “This is not normal. The animals should not be going through this.” Maybe they had become desensitized, but I’ll never understand how somebody could see these animals with such gruesome, horrible injuries and just keep going on like nothing happened, like it’s just normal.

Walking out of the facility for the last time there was still some regret as I knew that these birds were now left with nobody who cares about them. Who will give them at least a little bit of affection or some kind of loving touch?

Image 5: A dead chick slammed between two trays.
Image 6: A chick with an eye hanging out of the socket.
Now, I can’t stand to watch my investigation video. It takes me back to a place where I can smell the ammonia and feel the sweat, intense heat and the burning in my lungs, and hear the banging of machinery. The worst part is I can still hear the desperate peeps of the chicks.

The whole time I was undercover I just wanted someone to show compassion and sympathy. But no one ever did. I don’t regret undertaking this investigation though. I hope the images and footage I got will be an instrument for change. Please share this video to empower each of us to be a part of this change. I know the team at Animal Outlook works so hard to create a kinder world for these animals -- and we will never give up.

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We can’t do this alone though and need your help. We will not stop investigating these facilities to expose the truth -- not while animals continue to suffer. Will you support undercover investigators like me by making a one-time donation ([link removed]) or by joining our United for Change Monthly Giving Program ([link removed]) ?

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Thank you for your commitment to creating a better world for animals.
With gratitude,

"Jim"
Undercover Investigator
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