United Egg Producers (UEP), an industry group representing the interests of egg farmers throughout the United States, says it will seek to eliminate the culling of male chicks. Because male chicks ...

The systematic eradication of male chicks is a common practice in the poultry industry, which says it is the only viable option for birds that have no economic value. But the cullings, which were ...

With Easter just around the corner, we are surrounded by a ubiquity of eggs and adorable yellow chicks that symbolize life and resurrection. In stark contrast is the fact that around seven billion ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed an AI-powered hyperspectral imaging system to detect embryo mortality and determine chick sex early in incubation. The method could prevent the ...

Italy is getting ready to end a long-standing routine in its egg industry: the killing of newborn male chicks. For decades, hatcheries have sorted chicks within hours of hatching, and millions of ...

"We've developed a layer breed that hatches only female chicks. The males stop developing very early upon induction, very early in embryogenesis, meaning that they are not fully developed to a chick ...

Egg producers have agreed to look for alternatives to the practice of grinding to death male chicks shortly after they are born, in what has become a widespread practice for the industry that sees the ...

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The technology involves genetically modifying egg-laying hens so that, when carrying male embryos, those do not progress and hatch – Copyright AFP Danny KEMP ...