One of the worst industrial farming abuses is the confinement of hens to barren battery cages, where hens are crammed together with little room to move - let alone flap their wings. Congress is currently considering ground-breaking, bi-partisan legislation that will vastly improve the welfare of egg-laying hens in the U.S.
http://www.wspa-usa.org/helping/action/Make-difference-for-egg-laying-hens.aspx