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They're usually shredded alive almost immediately because they're seen as "waste" since they don't lay eggs

For some more context:

Why the egg industry 'shreds' baby chicks alive (NSFL)

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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago

Chicken egg farmers sell eggs.

They don't hatch those eggs.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

But if they want to always have chickens to lay eggs...

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Then they buy them from hatcheries

There is more to hatching an egg than just sitting on them, they need to be fertilized.

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