I don’t understand why that one gets to people. Instant. No pain. Compare that to a pig momma that gets her little piglets taken away and squeels in desperation for hours. Give me the shredder over this every day.
I think, it’s a matter of it being a lot more tangible. Whether momma pig really squeals in desperation, you kind of have to find out by watching a video. Or rather even multiple videos, since it might just be one particular momma pig. Hell, it might only be one particular farmer who takes the piglets away. If you want to believe that it surely isn’t as bad, there’s plenty opportunities.
With chick culling on the other hand, there’s a word for it, even a Wikipedia article for it. You can see a still image of one of the machines and it’s pretty obvious what it does. And that we have a machine for it also tells you that it certainly isn’t just one farmer doing it, but rather happening at an industrial scale.
Is the in-ovo sexing getting anywhere? The NA brand Vital Farms has this on their website:
[…] we’re committed to improving the lives of animals through food. In early 2026, we plan to adopt in-ovo sexing technology in collaboration with our primary hatchery supplier, Hy-Line North America.
Hy-Line North America has installed Cheggy technology developed by the German company, AAT, which uses a safe, non-invasive scan to determine whether the developing chick is male or female. This determination occurs before the embryo can feel pain, and the male eggs are prevented from developing further — allowing hatcheries to significantly reduce the number of male chicks that hatch.
I think it was the video of the baby chick grinder that tipped me over the edge.
I’m such a coward that i figured it’s easier to just go vegan than looking at these horrible documentaries.
I don’t understand why that one gets to people. Instant. No pain. Compare that to a pig momma that gets her little piglets taken away and squeels in desperation for hours. Give me the shredder over this every day.
I think, it’s a matter of it being a lot more tangible. Whether momma pig really squeals in desperation, you kind of have to find out by watching a video. Or rather even multiple videos, since it might just be one particular momma pig. Hell, it might only be one particular farmer who takes the piglets away. If you want to believe that it surely isn’t as bad, there’s plenty opportunities.
With chick culling on the other hand, there’s a word for it, even a Wikipedia article for it. You can see a still image of one of the machines and it’s pretty obvious what it does. And that we have a machine for it also tells you that it certainly isn’t just one farmer doing it, but rather happening at an industrial scale.
Is the in-ovo sexing getting anywhere? The NA brand Vital Farms has this on their website:
https://vitalfarms.com/faqs/ > What happens to male chicks
The wikipedia article for chick culling has a citation for their pledge, but they made it 2020…