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[–] 2 points 7 months ago

Is the in-ovo sexing getting anywhere? The NA brand Vital Farms has this on their website:

[...] we’re committed to improving the lives of animals through food. In early 2026, we plan to adopt in-ovo sexing technology in collaboration with our primary hatchery supplier, Hy-Line North America.

Hy-Line North America has installed Cheggy technology developed by the German company, AAT, which uses a safe, non-invasive scan to determine whether the developing chick is male or female. This determination occurs before the embryo can feel pain, and the male eggs are prevented from developing further — allowing hatcheries to significantly reduce the number of male chicks that hatch.

https://vitalfarms.com/faqs/ > What happens to male chicks

The wikipedia article for chick culling has a citation for their pledge, but they made it 2020...

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