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What happened to their brothers?

• sslayer 8y ago
  They were yummy.
• rootusrootus 8y ago
  I've never asked, but she kept at least one.
• cromiium 8y ago
  I believed eggs were not fertilized, no?
  • J-dawg 8y ago
    The issue here is the eggs that are fertilized, to create the laying hens. The males are a waste product, and are discarded. The only way to determine the gender of a chick (until very recently!) is a visual check done after the animal is born.
    • cromiium 8y ago
      Huh never thought about that. Thanks!
• benj111 8y ago
  Surely in a non commercial setting (as I understand this situation to be) motivation matters? If primary motivation is eggs then maybe the question is legitimate. If they're pets? Not so much. Or you get into a situation where harvesting crops is morally wrong because it deprives animals of food. It does deprive them of food, but to me it seems theres enough distance between the 2 things, that harvesting isn't morally implicated.