not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agohey capitalism, how are you doing?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1560arrow-down1imagehey capitalism, how are you doing?lemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNimrod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoSo what happens to them? Just a slightly more humane death before they reach a week old?
minus-squareXM34@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoAs far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago1 year old seems like a crazy long time. I thought most chickens were harvested in like 6 to 8 weeks.
minus-squarejivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI’m under the same impression, but I assume that since they arent meat chickens that they need the extra time to grow big enough to he harvested?
minus-squareReiRose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agohttps://www.connexionfrance.com/news/50-million-male-chicks-saved-as-france-bans-egg-industry-from-culling/129545 ^France banning culling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ovo_sexing ^in ovo sexing. Kind of like an abortion
minus-squareNimrod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAwesome. Thank you for the source. I knew of the technology a long while ago, but I had no idea that France and Germany both enforce its usage. The best option is still to stop eating animal products, but this is still a win for overall animal welfare.
So what happens to them? Just a slightly more humane death before they reach a week old?
As far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
1 year old seems like a crazy long time. I thought most chickens were harvested in like 6 to 8 weeks.
I’m under the same impression, but I assume that since they arent meat chickens that they need the extra time to grow big enough to he harvested?
https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/50-million-male-chicks-saved-as-france-bans-egg-industry-from-culling/129545
^France banning culling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ovo_sexing
^in ovo sexing. Kind of like an abortion
Awesome. Thank you for the source. I knew of the technology a long while ago, but I had no idea that France and Germany both enforce its usage.
The best option is still to stop eating animal products, but this is still a win for overall animal welfare.