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Battery hens crowd into tightly spaced wire cages, their russet-brown feathers pressed against galvanized steel barriers. Rows of fresh brown eggs line the wire shelves beneath each cage, testament to the relentless egg production of these confined layers. Industrial lighting casts a stark illumination across the multiple tiers of the poultry housing, revealing the dense, systematic arrangement of the commercial egg farm. Each hen clusters near her compatriots, their red combs visible against the metallic infrastructure of this intensive agricultural environment. The uniform grid of cages stretches across the image, a powerful representation of modern agricultural efficiency in egg production. These layers, likely hybrid breeds selected for maximum productivity, demonstrate the industrial scale of contemporary egg farming typical of New South Wales agricultural operations.