Also, this procedure might add a little to the price, but I would personally pay a little more for a cruelty free egg. And I assume many with me. Also- the farmer does no longer have to sex and kill half of the chickens that hatch. There must be a lot of money saved that way?
from what I read they use a laser to make a very small hole, and then the egg is placed in an environment with low air pressure, which forces a small amount of the contents out of the egg, whithout having the risk of contamination that would come from penetrating the egg with a needle. Very...
An interesting story I saw in the newspaper today- The University of Leipzig and a Dutch company named Hatchtech have developed a method to sex eggs at 9 days of incubation on an industrial scale. A small hole is lazered in the eggs, a drop of fluid is extracted and tested for hormones. This...