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Densely packed white chickens crowd the multi-tiered wire battery cages of a commercial egg production facility, their pale feathered bodies pressed tightly against each other. Stark industrial lighting illuminates the uniform flock, their reddish combs providing the only splash of color against the monochromatic metallic infrastructure. Each level of the systematic steel framing contains rows of birds, meticulously arranged to maximize production efficiency in this intensive agricultural environment. The cramped conditions reveal the industrial scale of modern poultry farming, where chickens are viewed as units of production rather than living creatures. Red-combed hens huddle together, their movements restricted by the narrow wire mesh that defines their entire existence. The Al Mabin watermark in the foreground suggests this is a professional documentation of contemporary agricultural practices, likely captured in a Tasmanian poultry production facility.