The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing (2017)

Re:The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing (2017) by amelius on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @04:28AM (#24695743)

Before anyone says ML: what we need is sexing of early stage embryos.

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Re:The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing (2017) by Uberphallus on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:24AM (#24696598)

Or GMO male chickens that only produce Z gametes.

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Re:The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing (2017) by amelius on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:37AM (#24696651)

Yes, but at that point you're directly interfering in the biological systems, instead of just selecting.

This may be a problem for a lot of people, especially as byproducts may enter the food chain.

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Re:The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing (2017) by taneq on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @08:37AM (#24697043)

You mean like when we pump them full of antibiotics, or remove their beaks? There's nothing natural about modern food animals.

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