Comment on Tech aims to block hatching of billions of male chicks fated for culling (2021)parentComments−verdenti3yWhy aren’t the male chicks raised and used as food? Is it only chickens that we use for consumption?−Scaevolus3yThere are separate breeds of chickens raised for eggs and meat. Male layers can't compete with meat chickens, growing >2x slower, and are mostly worthless apart from the few roosters needed to breed the next generation of layers.
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Why aren’t the male chicks raised and used as food? Is it only chickens that we use for consumption?
There are separate breeds of chickens raised for eggs and meat. Male layers can't compete with meat chickens, growing >2x slower, and are mostly worthless apart from the few roosters needed to breed the next generation of layers.