Going to work on an egg could become more guilt-free – as the Government considers outlawing the mass slaughter of new-born male chicks. They are also unwanted for meat as their legs and breasts do not grow as rapidly as females'. Now the Department for the Environment is looking into new egg scanning technology that will prevent new-borns from being killed by detecting the sex of an unhatched chick. France announced this week it would join Germany in banning the slaughter of day-old male chicks from 2022 by ensuring breeders use the scanners. An RSPCA spokesman said: 'In the UK, these dead chicks are used as a food source for birds of prey, exotic pets and other captive wild animals.

Source: Daily Mail July 22, 2021 22:04 UTC