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Originally Posted by wehateporn
That's what I go for. I assumed that the male chicks would still be eliminated though?
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buying off of a local small farmer might be the best
but I found this:
Mistreatment of the chickens could potentially lead a farmer to losing their organic certification. Thus some of the arguments from animal activist organizations that egg production is cruel and inhumane do not necessarily apply to organic raised hens. On the other hand, male chicks who are born on organic or free-range egg farms are still discarded, by the use of lethal gas, because they do not produce eggs