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Two years after California voters approved a law designed to create humane standards for farm animals, it isn't clear if these hens are leading lives of luxury--or being treated cruelly.

J.S. West responded to the requirements by upgrading one of its buildings with the more spacious, furnished cages, known as enriched colony systems. The Humane Society of the US says these new...
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Eggs are carried on conveyor belts in J.S. West's $3.2 million "enriched colony system" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Eggs on a conveyor belt in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Eggs on a conveyor belt in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Chickens in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • A chicken uses a scratching pad, one of the new features of J.S. West's $3.2 million "enriched colony system" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • A chicken uses a scratching pad, one of the new features of J.S. West's $3.2 million "enriched colony system" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Egg-producing company J.S. West spent $3.2 million installing these "enriched colony systems" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Eggs are carried on conveyor belts in J.S. West's $3.2 million "enriched colony system" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • J.S. West vice president Tom Silva in their $3.2 million "enriched colony system" in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Chickens in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Chickens in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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  • Chickens in one of J.S. West's traditional, non-Prop. 2 compliant, cage systems in Atwater, California, August 11, 2010. California's Proposition 2, passed in 2008, requires that egg-laying hens in California be able to fully extend their limbs, lie down and turn in a circle within their enclosures. .CREDIT: Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal.EGGS
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