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Posted: 2016-05-26T20:12:47Z | Updated: 2016-05-26T20:12:47Z

An undercover investigation at a farm contracted with meat giant Tyson Foods shows horrific treatment of chickens, but whats most disturbing is that the cruelty is not new or even unusual, animal advocates say.

Sick and deformed chickens languish in filthy, intensely crowded conditions and suffer kicking and being thrown by workers in a video released Wednesday by the nonprofit Mercy for Animals.

The group says most of the footage comes from a contract farm in Lewisburg, Tennessee, where an MFA investigator worked undercover between March 26 and May 10. But the video also includes clips from other Mercy for Animals investigations over the past year. (A contract farm means that Tyson provides the farmer with chickens, feed, medication and technical advice, while the farmer provides labor and housing for the birds.)

WARNING: The following video is disturbing.

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