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I am disturbed to find unwanted male chicks get “culled” because there is no market value for them in egg production. And there is no need for them in meat prod
by nashashmi 1y ago
I am disturbed to find unwanted male chicks get “culled” because there is no market value for them in egg production. And there is no need for them in meat production.
This tech is able to select the female eggs only for hatching and redirect the male eggs for egging. The result is we have more eggs for people. And less waste of resources. Win win. Also a win for PETA. Something like this should be adopted en masse for market value reasons.
- yesfitz 1y agoThe eggs that humans consume are unfertilized. The eggs containing males are fertilized and will not be sold in stores. They will be macerated while they're still in the egg instead of after hatching. Not much of a moral victory for anyone, especially considering that the hens that get to live don't have good lives.
- nashashmi 1y agoHad to look this up: https://learnpoultry.com/fertilized-vs-unfertilized-chicken-eggs/#:~:text=The%20eggs%20available%20in%20stores%20are%20either%20%EE%80%80fertile%EE%80%81 https://learnpoultry.com/fertilized-vs-unfertilized-chicken-... Apparently, many of the eggs sold in stores are infertile. But fertile eggs can still be eaten. The process of storing them away is a little bit more cumbersome because they go bad if they are not eaten fresh.