"The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative" (article) (https://apnews.com/article/eggs-chicks-hens-iowa-e9ffd6ed93582a76adf3a4a16aadbf12)
Every year the U.S. egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because they will never lay eggs and so have little monetary value.

(disclaimer: vegetarian/vegan here)

"The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative" (article) (https://apnews.com/article/eggs-chicks-hens-iowa-e9ffd6ed93582a76adf3a4a16aadbf12)


(disclaimer: vegetarian/vegan here)


From the article:
"thanks to new technology that enables hatcheries to quickly peer into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks."

So, now they just "abort" them?
Either way they are STILL killing them!
(disclaimer: pro-lifer)

disclaimer: I like eggs