Tech to End Chick Culling Has Now Been Implemented, but Challenges Remain

Tech to End Chick Culling Has Now Been Implemented, but Challenges Remain

Last week, the egg company Kipster announced that it had successfully implemented in-ovo sexing in its forthcoming flock of laying hens at their facility in Nebraska. The technology enables producers to select and remove male embryos before developing. This eliminates the need for post-hatch culling, where living chicks are commonly ground up en masse. If in-ovo sexing were adopted across the egg industry in the United States, the switch would s…