Smart chicken email and response

I wrote an email to www.smartchicken.com because there was no word on their web site about free range...

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I am wondering if your chickens are free range or if they grow, like
many industry chickens, in small cages?
Thanks,
Martha


Martha -
Thanks so much for your e-mail and your interest in our premium
air-chilled product, Smart Chicken. None of the birds raised for Smart
Chicken are ever caged or debeaked. The birds raised for Organic Smart
Chicken are "free-range" and are allowed access to the outdoors, when
USDA temperature regulations allow it. None of the birds are given
animal by-products, antibiotics, hormones or growth promotants of any
kind. MBA Poultry is the only company in the United States that has
installed a Controlled Atmosphere Stunning system in which a mixture of
carbon dioxide and oxygen renders the birds into a sleep state prior to
the sacrifice. The growers of the birds are part owners of MBA Poultry,
so they are very attuned to the welfare of the birds. We also have live
production staff that visits each farm on a weekly basis to assure that
the strict growing standards of MBA Poultry are adhered to. Thanks
again for your e-mail, Martha. Have a great weekend, and remember,
"When you think chicken ... think Smart!"
Warm regards,
Mark A. Haskins
Founder/President/CEO
MBA Poultry (Home of Smart Chicken)