Farming Today This Week

Chicken is the UK's favourite meat and we consume three times the amount that we did 40 years ago - but some say this has been at the cost of a bird's welfare.

Charlotte Smith visits the Food Animal Initiative in Oxfordshire to hear about work to improve the welfare of chickens, whilst still keeping costs down. Anna Hill visits both intensive and free range chicken farms in Norfolk. And we hear about the new technology of a 'chicken harvester' to catch chickens, which the RSPCA says could improve welfare and be less stressful for the birds.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Emma Weatherill.