You missed the point in all your moral indignation and preening. Abusing the stock does not increase the yields. This has been understood in animal husbandry for centuries and you act like it's some brand-new thing.
I am aware of the CoC sellout. I am aware the GOPe sucks. We all know that. This is off-topic. Do "free-range" chickens produce more and better eggs? No. Not according to the ranchers who have posted on this thread. Stop pretending intervention from your god-like government is going to change that. Nor will it change my impression of you: You are a closet liberal on the wrong forum. The moral preening was the dead giveaway, I only suspected it before.
“Nor will it change my impression of you”
Same for me. My guess is that you live in a double wide and have to “go outside to use the bathroom.”