The Netherlands is to end the killing of male chicks from layer breeds by 2026, following in the footsteps of Germany and ...

In the wake of pressure from animal rights organizations, a few countries have now banned chick culling, including Germany, ...

Chick culling is an outgrowth of a poultry industry that for decades has raised one kind of chicken for eggs and another for meat. Egg-laying chickens are too scrawny to profitably be sold for ...

This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling when male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP ...

Spurred by chick-culling bans in places such as Germany and France, in-ovo sexing technology is now being used in several European countries. While it is not yet commercially available in the United ...

Chick culling is an outgrowth of a poultry industry that for decades has raised one kind of chicken for eggs and another for meat. Egg-laying chickens are too scrawny to profitably be sold for ...