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.

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    1 day ago

    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.

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      7 hours ago

      Ah, so you give them a good night of sleep right before you murder them so you can spoil your tastebuds.

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          5 hours ago

          It’s moralwashing; justifying eating animals because you give them a good night’s sleep.

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            4 hours ago

            I’m not moral washing, I am discussing the topic of the thread/picture. Or maybe you answered the wrong comment?