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Cage-free chicken campaign scores surprising success

Eggs are displayed in a grocery store cooler, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation's egg producers are in the midst of a multi-billion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Gregg Fath, of Des Moines, Iowa, looks at eggs in a grocery store cooler, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation's egg producers are in the midst of a multi-billion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) This 2017 photo shows cage-free chickens on a Versova farm in Iowa. The nation's egg producers are in the midst of a multi-billion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. (Versova via AP)