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• spacesatan@leminal.space ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s extremely rare outside of I think Germany but they have commercial in-ovo sexing for laying chickens now. Conditions for laying chickens are still fucked though.

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  • amzd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do you have a source? I can’t find statistics on how many eggs sold are actually using this method.

    I found an article from the guardian that mentions it is 98.5% accurate (as claimed by the company, not peer-reviewed) and they somehow claim the eggs sold using this method did not kill any male chicks. What do they do with the 1.5% of hatchlings that are male? Just put them in a cage to die of natural causes? There is billions of hens so that would be millions of male hatchlings even if this method was used in the real world (which I can’t find proof of)

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• Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This happens even with backyard chickens.

  Damn, I’m vegan and I didn’t even know that 😭

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• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  artificial insemination is a veterinary procedure. I don’t care to watch videos of live births or spaying and neutering, but that doesn’t make them bad.

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  • amzd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    All your examples are either voluntary or in the best interest of the animal.

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    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      there is no higher benefit to any living things than to pass it’s generic material to a new generation. sterilization is not in their interest, but AI is.

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      • amzd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I believe being alive is of a higher benefit to any individual.

        Dogs, cats and bunnies all live longer when spayed/neutered.

        Spayed female cats in the study lived 39% longer and neutered male cats lived 62% longer. humanesociety.org/…/why-you-should-spayneuter-you….

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m gonna start doubling my portions

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  • amzd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damn bro, you let a vegan change your habits?

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  • spacesatan@leminal.space ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Epic bacon bro, never heard that one before.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      hey, you’re not going to change anyones mind coming in here and telling me i’m wrong and chastise me for not being vegan. you don’t know me, but i guarantee that method will not change my mind.

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