Praise to the EU. Male chicken shredding has been outlawed since 2022!
Edit: I was pattially wrong about this. The ban is only in effect in some of the members. Namely: Germany, France, Italy Luxemberg and Austria
The EU itself is still in the process of deciding on such a law.
As far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
Praise to the EU. Male chicken shredding has been outlawed since 2022!
Edit: I was pattially wrong about this. The ban is only in effect in some of the members. Namely: Germany, France, Italy Luxemberg and Austria The EU itself is still in the process of deciding on such a law.
So what happens to them? Just a slightly more humane death before they reach a week old?
As far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
1 year old seems like a crazy long time. I thought most chickens were harvested in like 6 to 8 weeks.
I’m under the same impression, but I assume that since they arent meat chickens that they need the extra time to grow big enough to he harvested?
https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/50-million-male-chicks-saved-as-france-bans-egg-industry-from-culling/129545
^France banning culling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ovo_sexing
^in ovo sexing. Kind of like an abortion
Awesome. Thank you for the source. I knew of the technology a long while ago, but I had no idea that France and Germany both enforce its usage.
The best option is still to stop eating animal products, but this is still a win for overall animal welfare.