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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Specialised Breeders Australia, the largest supplier of chicks and pullets to the layer industry, will offer in-ovo sexed ...

"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 ...

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 ...

The technology involves genetically modifying egg-laying hens so that, when carrying male embryos, those do not progress and hatch — FRED TANNEAU Israeli scientists have created egg-laying hens that ...