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 when they are sleep restricted.

  • remon@ani.social
    58·
    5 hours ago

    How fast do you shovel down your food? You should enjoy it some more … oh, right, I’d probably also would want it to be over quickly if I had to eat vegan.

      • remon@ani.social
        33·
        5 hours ago

        Is that why animal abusers season their animal flesh with…… plants?

        Hey, I don’t discriminate. I eat all the kingdoms of life!