Thanks for the pointer Henry! It motivated me to look into culling more and I just wanted to share some EU-specific facts I found:
A hen produces ~350 eggs, so consuming one egg is ~1/​350th of culling a male chicken. 28% of chicken in Europe have in-OVO sexing, with Germany having ~80%. The numbers are lower for organic eggs because for some reasons in-ovo sexing was forbidden for organic eggs until this year (stupid much???).
Overall, I find it difficult to weigh male-chicken-culling morally. Do they have strong conscious experience at that time? How much suffering is there involved in their deaths?
Presumably if the eggs aren’t sexed in ovo then the male chicks are getting ground up/​gassed?
Thanks for the pointer Henry! It motivated me to look into culling more and I just wanted to share some EU-specific facts I found:
A hen produces ~350 eggs, so consuming one egg is ~1/​350th of culling a male chicken. 28% of chicken in Europe have in-OVO sexing, with Germany having ~80%. The numbers are lower for organic eggs because for some reasons in-ovo sexing was forbidden for organic eggs until this year (stupid much???).
Overall, I find it difficult to weigh male-chicken-culling morally. Do they have strong conscious experience at that time? How much suffering is there involved in their deaths?