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False headline. In most western countries eggs are unfertilized in the first place. Here in Israel that's the case.
by cik 6y ago
False headline. In most western countries eggs are unfertilized in the first place. Here in Israel that's the case.
- asdasdasfasgasd 6y agoBut you need to raise hens to get eggs. And if it turns out a rooster, you kill it instantly. This method avoids hatching the roosters.
- J-dawg 6y agoIt has often surprised me how many people don't understand this part of the egg industry. I eat eggs, so I'm definitely not making any moral judgements, but the process is brutal. I would definitely buy no-kill eggs when they come to the UK.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoYou can make moral judgements if you acknowledge that you violate your own morality rather than having illusions otherwise. It just shows how powerful are cultural momentum and habit and the path of least resistance.
- kgwgk 6y agoThe eggs are like every other egg. What seems to change is the process to procure the animals that will lay those eggs. Instead of killing the male chickens as they hatch, you destroy the eggs halfway through the incubation period.
- eps 6y agoGo read the article.
- Jonnax 6y agoThe article states that 4 to 6 billion male chicks are killed a year. When looking to raise hens to lay eggs. This company has developed a system for identifying the sex of a chicken whilst it is an egg. So that they don't need to hatch it to determine if it's a male chicken and then kill it.
- codeulike 6y agoBut which came first, the chicken or the unfertilized egg?