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>At 10:15 AM 5/4/01 -0500, Chris Issariotis wrote:
>>I saw a news feature on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) that was on
>>organic produce (meat and vegetables) They were profiling Organic and Non-
>>Organic farms. At an non-organic egg farm they described how new-born
>>chicks that were born male were promptly ground into feed. Whether they
>>were fed to the other chickens wasn't mentioned. Pretty nasty.
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>probably a stupid question, but how do they know at that age?



you need to be trained to recognise the sexe in one glimpse of an eye .
Professionals who can do that are well payed. it si important for the
industry to know the sexe right away.

jean-claude