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Fluffy little chicks grow up to crow at dawn or lay eggs. These birds are complex social animals and good problem solvers who use their beaks the way we use our hands. They deserve much better treatment than they get in our industrialized food system.

Chickens really aren't "chicken." In the wild, a mother hen will take on other hens—even eagles or foxes—who threaten her chicks. But these social animals also recognize each other, form flocks and set a pecking order to make relationships easier.

The tiny, barren battery cages in egg factories keep hens from nesting and frustrate these caring mothers.

The crowding on industrial farms makes chickens more aggressive than they usually would be. Rather than give them more space, factory farmers cruelly cut the ends of the chicken's beaks off.

If you are aware of the plight of chickens, you can make more humane purchases and help these abused birds.