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by Sumit Chowdhury | 25-12-2018 00:54
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Scientists can now quickly determine a chick’s gender before it hatches, potentially ending the need to cull billions of male chicks worldwide.
The world’s first ever no-kill eggs are now on sale in Berlin after German scientists found an easy way to determine a chick’s gender before it hatches, in a breakthrough that could put an end to the annual live shredding of billions of male chicks worldwide. The patented “Seleggt” process can determine the sex of a chick just nine days after an egg has been fertilised. Male eggs are processed into animal feed, leaving only female chicks to hatch at the end of a 21-day incubation period. An estimated 4-6 billion male chicks are slaughtered globally every year because they serve no economic purpose. Some are suffocated, others are fed alive into grinding or shredding machines to be processed into reptile food. The culling is a messy solution to a thorny problem of modern poultry farming. Humans have bred chickens for one of two purposes: to produce eggs, or meat. Yet half of all the animals bred for this purpose are considered useless. Male chicks lay no eggs and don’t grow fast enough to justify the cost of feeding them up for meat. So, they are simply destroyed. Rewe Group plan to roll out the eggs across German stores next year, while Seleggt plans to install the technology in independent hatcheries from 2020. Seleggt will require supermarkets to pay a few extra cents on every box of eggs sold with their “respeggt” seal. Eventually, the group hopes to expand the model across Europe.
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5 Comments
Hello Sumit, very special report to take a look at this time!
Though we have used chicken eggs to produce chickens for primary purposes, such new technologies have brought a dedicating and drastic change in past history :)
Thanks for introducing the new tech to us!
Posted 30-12-2018 01:39
Hello Sumit
Good to know that technology is being developed to be used to improve matters :)
Thanks for sharing!
Posted 30-12-2018 01:11
Wow :) :)
We are really moving forward with the new technologies and these are making our life easier, faster and convenient.
This was a new fact for me. As i read little about poultry in my source but i wasn't know about the males being sluttered and used for other than its real purpose.
Thank you Sumit for this amazing report.
Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year and keep writing great reports :) :)
Posted 27-12-2018 04:34
Hey Sumit!
Having a wonderful Xmas Eve I hope!
It is such great news! Technology has really evolved and for the greater good. I hope that this breakthrough method will be rolled out worldwide.
Thank you for reporting!
Yours sincerely
R.
Posted 25-12-2018 02:14
Hello, Sumit Namaste
Merry Christmas
I wish for you better health and beautiful days ahead
Wow this is really amazing news for me, as a veterinary student it help me to gain knowledge in subject matter,
Thank You for the report :)
Posted 25-12-2018 01:08