the hspend 18 months in these cages without ever seeing the sun or grass, and they are called then turned into soup or animal feed unless they are rescued. the organization's founder greets the freed birds personally. as 18, jane saw a report on laying hens and could not forget it. she went to a battery form and offered to take hands that were not playing enough eggs. when her garden but too small, e found famils to adopt the birds. in the cages, the hens have plucked out one another as the others, and for the first time in their lives, they can really scratch, pat, and take a dust that, yet for each freed, another takes its place in the cage. still, jane says there is one real benefit. >> i'm only actually saying the lives of less than 1% of laying hens in the u.k. the reason we do it is to educate consumers. it is like sending out a fantastical educational pack. they not only become family pets, but the neighbors hear about them, work colleagues, family, friends, and we find that when people have these chickens, they become much more aware and interested in what is in their food. >> 20-