robocall@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican bordersthelogic.coexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1769arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican bordersthelogic.corobocall@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareYoga@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 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