Summary: <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkingbiotechpodcast.com%2F213-egg-production-and-ge-ethics%2F&via=talkingbiotech" class="twitter-share-button" data-size="large">Tweet</a><br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/213-Urwin-cover.png"></a><br> There is an unfortunate side to egg production. Only female chickens produce eggs, so layers are selected at hatching. Chicks are sexed with a vent inspection. Females are kept for egg production. Males live a short ride down a conveyor into a chipper, where they are instantly killed. This practice raises ethical and practical questions. Dr. Nigel Urwin and his collaborators devised a way to identify the sex of eggs before hatching, allowing male eggs to be saved for direct consumption or vaccine manufacture. The concept is brilliant yet unfortunately stalled. It is a great solution to an important problem with interesting ethical edges. <br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/17/would-you-prefer-to-eat-genetically-modified-eggs-or-see-day-old-chicks-destroyed">The Original Article in The Guardian</a><br>
