You can now buy eggs from in-ovo sexed hens

Re:You can now buy eggs from in-ovo sexed hens by simonw on Monday July 21, 2025 @10:59AM (#44635935)

"I don't see much difference between killing chicks after them being born, or stopping them from being born in the first place."

I do. One of those involves a (presumably painful) death of a conscious animal. The other does not.

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Re:You can now buy eggs from in-ovo sexed hens by Concrete3286 on Monday July 21, 2025 @11:09AM (#44636071)

The other option - a living female chick - also ends in the premature death of a conscious animal, additionally after a (presumably painful) life. Does it not?

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Re:You can now buy eggs from in-ovo sexed hens by simonw on Monday July 21, 2025 @11:23AM (#44636273)

Sure. That doesn't mean that there is no difference between not having a male chick being born compared to killing it directly after it has been sexed.

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