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

For some more context:

Why the egg industry 'shreds' baby chicks alive (NSFL)

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[-] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Do they really just keep them in bags and boxes like that?

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

That was a real photo. Can find it on the wiki page for chick culling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling#Statistics

They're also often run along conveyor belts and such too :/

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