LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 12 days agoChicken rescued from Winchester bin after being left for deadwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkChicken rescued from Winchester bin after being left for deadwww.bbc.co.ukLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoI prefer to see it as an opportunity to spread empathy for chickens. What this chicken experienced is the fate of nearly all male chicks in the industrial egg industry.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoIn Germany you can get eggs from farms that don’t gass the male chicks.
minus-squareTeppichbrand@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 days agoWhere? And what do they do with them?
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoInfo regarding Germany and in-ovo sexing: https://innovateanimalag.org/blog/in-ovo-sexing-is-now-the-main-method-of-avoiding-chick-culling-in-germany Info regarding when chicks in the egg can feel pain, relative to when they’re sexed and culled: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2025/04/when-do-chick-embryos-feel-pain I’ve not been able to find what exactly it means to be a “cage-free” hen in Germany. It does have a hopeful ring to it, but what are their lives like exactly? Whatever the case, I’m glad for the improvement at least.
I prefer to see it as an opportunity to spread empathy for chickens.
What this chicken experienced is the fate of nearly all male chicks in the industrial egg industry.
In Germany you can get eggs from farms that don’t gass the male chicks.
Where? And what do they do with them?
Info regarding Germany and in-ovo sexing:
https://innovateanimalag.org/blog/in-ovo-sexing-is-now-the-main-method-of-avoiding-chick-culling-in-germany
Info regarding when chicks in the egg can feel pain, relative to when they’re sexed and culled:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2025/04/when-do-chick-embryos-feel-pain
I’ve not been able to find what exactly it means to be a “cage-free” hen in Germany. It does have a hopeful ring to it, but what are their lives like exactly? Whatever the case, I’m glad for the improvement at least.