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Many "Organic" Eggs Are Coming from Cramped, Miserable Hens
Many organic eggs come from birds packed into large warehouses along with tens of thousands of other birds—and they rarely get outdoors, if ever.
Germany Is Outlawing One of the Egg Industry's Most Brutal Practices
Hundreds of millions of baby chicks are shredded alive every year because they're unable to lay eggs. But German scientists think they may have found a way to end the practice.
Japan Is Developing Eggs with White Yolks
The eggs—known as kometsuya, or "rice luster"—come from a poultry farm in the town of Otofuke, Hokkaido. There, the hens feast on a feed made of 68 percent rice.
Start Hoarding for Omelets, Because Egg Rations Are Really Happening
In the wake of an avian flu pandemic that’s been devastating Midwestern farms, eggs are in increasingly short supply. The rationing has begun.
A Scientist Has Figured Out How to Determine Chickens’ Sex Before They Hatch
A German scientist has found a method of determining what sex an egg embryo will become, three days after it has been laid. Male embryos can be destroyed painlessly, ending the egg industry’s culling of “useless” male chicks.
