I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I’m assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.
So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?
Ohh so male chicks don’t go into the food grinder as soon as they are sorted? I saw the popular video years ago, where they inspect the tips of a 3 day old chick and the males went to dog food…
Thank you for your answer!
It depends on the place. In many large industrial egg-laying facilities, yes. They’re only focused on eggs to sell and to make more chicken to lay eggs. So the males don’t fit the equation. It’s easier to turn them into dog food then search for anywhere to put them.