Economics. Male layer-breed chicks will not grow big enough or fast enough, relative to the feed they eat. So no company would WANT to buy them to raise for meat. (Possible exception: if some company was selling the meat at a much higher price, and bragging about how they "saved" these chicks by raising them for a few months and then butchering them. Some people might care enough to pay the extra money, and that might make it profitable enough to work. Maybe.)What prevents hatcheries from selling male chicks to other facilities to be raised as meat birds?
No need for a government regulation in this case. The free market, and pursuit of profits, are all it takes. Plus customers who expect a piece of chicken to be a certain size while coming from a young bird so it's tender.I think we can all agree that cheaper Chik-Fil-A would be a positive thing lol. I am sure there is some regulation that is standing in the way because government is about as efficient as a cat box in the bathtub just curious what it is.