Hatched alive, killed the same day — Help them
- 600milliondogs.org
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
A newborn chick breaks out of his shell onto a hard plastic tray inside a crowded hatchery.
His feathers are still wet when cold air dries them fast.
Conveyor belts vibrate under his feet while loud machines shake the room.
Hands grab him within hours of birth and drop him onto moving belts where bodies stack and tumble.
Male chicks are unwanted in the egg industry because they cannot lay eggs. Workers separate them.
Many are thrown straight into machines with spinning blades that tear through their bodies while they are alive.
Others are shoved into sealed containers where gas floods the space, burns their lungs, and forces their bodies to gasp until movement stops.
Chicks fall under other bodies as belts pull them forward, and their weight presses down on fragile bones.
Fear sets in as escape fails, and air becomes harder to draw.
Death comes through panic, pressure, and violent force applied to newborn bodies.
Hundreds of millions of male chicks are killed this way every year in the United States.
Each one hatches alive, sees light, hears noise, and is killed the same day.
Their survival is never an option.
Technology allows hatcheries to identify male embryos before hatching.
Using it prevents chicks from being born only to be killed.
Some companies have adopted it, proving blades and gas are avoidable.
United Egg Producers (UEP) represents most of the U.S. egg industry.
When its leadership refuses to enforce humane hatching, this killing continues at a massive scale.
Delay means more chicks will be fed into grinders or sealed into gas chambers.
We are demanding that the President and CEO of United Egg Producers enforce an end to the killing of male chicks.
This suffering happens by choice, not necessity, and it stops the moment leaders decide it must stop.
Your signature applies direct pressure where decisions are made.
Every signature makes it harder for this violence to continue unseen.
Thanks for taking action for animals!
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