To many advocates, it’s self-evident that the hen’s life is better than immediate death. This is not obvious to me. It depends on the hen’s quality of life.
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#12is the consumer vote necessary? it seems like producers might appreciate saving 50% on feeding chicks
> in the United States alone, approximately 350 million male chicks are routinely culled each year, typically by methods such as maceration (being ground up alive).
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#14is the consumer vote necessary? it seems like producers might appreciate saving 50% on feeding chicks
I’m sure we’ll get there but for now it costs more.
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#15is the consumer vote necessary? it seems like producers might appreciate saving 50% on feeding chicks
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#16is the consumer vote necessary? it seems like producers might appreciate saving 50% on feeding chicks
"In polling, only 10% of Americans correctly identify that male chicks in the egg industry are killed shortly after hatching. A plurality mistakenly believe these chicks are raised for meat, and another 10% even think that male chickens can lay eggs. Most people are surprised, and often disturbed, to learn the truth: in the United States alone, approximately 350 million male chicks are routinely culled each year, typically by methods such as maceration (being ground up alive)."
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#17There's no way that math is right. The wikipedia article says the US culls billions of male chicks annually. Was this written by an LLM? heh
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don't feed them. They grind them up alive then use the resulting slush to feed to other things.
what do those chicks eat? IIUC they aren't sexed immediately after hatching? Maybe I'm wrong.
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#20is the consumer vote necessary? it seems like producers might appreciate saving 50% on feeding chicks