What I mean is, this is the sort of issue that industry, politicians and special interest groups like to focus on, because it is easy to argue about and build a

What I mean is, this is the sort of issue that industry, politicians and special interest groups like to focus on, because it is easy to argue about and build an emotional case for and developing solutions won't change much about the status quo of the horrific conditions of mass poultry farming. I agree with you, we need to totally rethink and replace the food system. I also think that the result of solving this particular issue won't reduce the aggregate suffering in the system - if, for example, the total number of chickens produced is half of before, but all chicks are ensured to be hens, then the chickens in aggregate will suffer proportionally more (in total days of suffering per chicken hatched) than if there was an even split of males and females being hatched - but it will provide something for the industry to point to as "improving" while nothing fundamentally changes. And eggs will probably become cheaper and people will eat more of them.