Tech to determine chick embryos’ sex developed

 This development came as male chicks are usually discarded by many poultry farms in Germany. However the breakthrough method could spare male baby chicken been destroyed after hatching. The German scientist who came up with this system has received a €30,000 bi-annual Felix Wankel prize from Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany for animal protection.Krautwald-Junghanns, who is a […]

 This development came as male chicks are usually discarded by many poultry farms in Germany. However the breakthrough method could spare male baby chicken been destroyed after hatching.
 The German scientist who came up with this system has received a €30,000 bi-annual Felix Wankel prize from Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany for animal protection.
Krautwald-Junghanns, who is a veterinary professor from Leipzig, said the technology has become imperative since most poultry farms routinely kill male chicks – because they cannot lay eggs and because male fowl meat is not tasty – this will avoid unnecessary animal cruelty.
“Discarding unhatched males still in the egg will have fewer ill effects. Embryos are unable to feel any pain at this stage of development, studies show, a touchy subject in Germany, where animal rights are a matter of hot debate and where the practice of chicken culling after hatching causes a lot of outrage,” the site reported.