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Egg laying hens are bred for different traits than the ones for meat. So the male chicks of egg laying hens would probably grow more slowly and to a smaller siz
by OscarCunningham 6y ago
Egg laying hens are bred for different traits than the ones for meat. So the male chicks of egg laying hens would probably grow more slowly and to a smaller size than ones bred for meat. Thus their meat would be more expensive.
- dep_b 6y agoI have not considered that, good insight.
- shalmanese 6y agoI've always wondered if you could market this as "vegetarian chicken" under the rationale that eating it doesn't cause an increase in net animal death. It may be more expensive but plenty of things are sold as more expensive for the ethical version. At the end of the day, my suspicion is even most vegetarians don't like being confronted with the realities of egg production.
- bbarn 6y ago> "vegetarian chicken" under the rationale that eating it doesn't cause an increase in net animal death wat
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- isthatsoup 6y agoNope, that's the same faulty reasoning people use to justify purchasing leather. As if making the killing of cows more economical is somehow a good thing, and acting like demand for the product itself isn't going to cause companies to act to meet it and increase net animal death. It's completely naive.
- OscarCunningham 6y agoRight. Weirdly, buying leather actually causes more cows to be eaten (because increasing the profit available causes the price of beef to decrease).