robocall@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican bordersthelogic.coexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareYogalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoWell it’s because male chicks are all wholesale slaughtered in big grinders. Fun fact- technology exists to sex the eggs rather than the chicks but it’s a little more expensive so we have baby chicken grinders instead. Some countries have mandated this, but they are a minority: https://www.compassioninfoodbusiness.com/media/7455154/position-on-alternatives-to-male-chick-culling-2023.pdf
Well it’s because male chicks are all wholesale slaughtered in big grinders.
Fun fact- technology exists to sex the eggs rather than the chicks but it’s a little more expensive so we have baby chicken grinders instead.
Some countries have mandated this, but they are a minority:
https://www.compassioninfoodbusiness.com/media/7455154/position-on-alternatives-to-male-chick-culling-2023.pdf