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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Chicken egg farmers sell eggs.

They don't hatch those eggs.

[–] Buddahriffic 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.