Can’t say that comparing the appalling conditions in bird factories with a life lived in the wild really compares here.
At least wild birds get to make a go of it, the factory birds never had a chance. Some of them are too fat to even walk and never even get to leave their cage.
If I was given the choice I’d choose the life of the wild bird over the caged one any day.
Just playing devils advocate here, not actually arguing either way, but with the following you have actually described the life that some people choose to live (by some definition of the word “choose”):
> Some of them are too fat to even walk and never even get to leave their cage.
Do they know that their liberties are not the same as in the wild? More importantly, do you believe it causes the chickens psychological pain? I'm not convinced you're not making a naturalist fallacy. Can you point to what is wrong with human's relationship with chickens in a factory farming model, assuming the animals have basic humane treatment?
Edit: I personally eat free-range chicken, but this is for aesthetic reasons. I cannot justify why free-range chickens have a better life than those in enclosures, any more than I can justify why a human farmer has a better life than a software developer.
At least wild birds get to make a go of it, the factory birds never had a chance. Some of them are too fat to even walk and never even get to leave their cage.
If I was given the choice I’d choose the life of the wild bird over the caged one any day.