youve fixed the problem with cages becoming smaller. it is still clumsy to have 4-8 grinders close by to grind all the different kind of filled cages.
with the normal grinding, all you need is to supply repair packs, but with cages, which do sometimes get destroyed because biter attack it, i need explosives and iron to make new cages. the payoff is too small - the cages result is more or less the same amount of blood. maybe someone else will find a way to make it more effective than me.
actually the cages are way worse then the grinders, because the biters dont die and make that blood gas. collecting blood gas with humidity condensers is even more effective than the grinders - just put 40 of them around the nest => thats much better than that single grinder that gets hit directly.
also, grinder that gets hit doesnt share the biter meat with other grinders, like you said you did