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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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They're usually shredded alive almost immediately because they're seen as "waste" since they don't lay eggs

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Chicken egg farmers sell eggs.

They don't hatch those eggs.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But if they want to always have chickens to lay eggs...

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Then they buy them from hatcheries

There is more to hatching an egg than just sitting on them, they need to be fertilized.