US chicken companies pioneered restricting sleep to keep birds eating around the clock.
A new study (Li et al., 2026) recommends giving chickens just 2 hours of darkness nightly to maximize the time they spend eating. The study and photo are Chinese.
We know chickens have far better hapiness with 7–8 hours of darkness to sleep.
But they eat more and grow faster when they are sleep deprived.
People support this with their wallets. It’s simple supply and demand.
supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it does not change whether someone is responsible for their own actions
If you pay somebody for meat, you are giving them money that they can then use to breed and kill more animals. So by paying you automatically support such things.
they can choose their own actions. i don’t choose for them.
I don’t think you understand it at all. Or you don’t want to as a way to justify your own eating habits.
i don’t think you believe in autonomy
But only autonomy for humans right? And not for animals?
I do not :)
Then you would either be vegan or a hunter.
Neither, I just don’t purchase from these companies. I couldn’t even if I wanted to, the described practice is illegal where I live.
If I want an “ethical” chicken, I can buy one. A five pound bird cost $40. Are you rich? lol Or you have your own farm.
I’m far from rich. I just live in a country where all chicken purchased from a store get enough sleep by law. And chicken from friends and family run around the yard and sleep/wake with the sun.
Ah, so you give them a good night of sleep right before you murder them so you can spoil your tastebuds.
I mean, yeah, this is what the post and the comment thread is about… Wtf xd
It’s moralwashing; justifying eating animals because you give them a good night’s sleep.