A COK Report:
Animal Suffering in the Egg Industry

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Male Chicks

Male chicks do not lay eggs and, because they are of a different breed than "broiler" chickens raised for meat, have no economic value to the egg industry. They are likewise considered an unwanted by-product of egg production and are killed shortly after birth. In 1998, 219 million chicks were killed by the commercial egg industry.(60) They are typically ground up alive, gassed, or thrown into a dumpster to suffocate or dehydrate.(61, 62)

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