Egg industry wants to stop grinding and gassing millions of male chicks to death

By Esther Han
Updated July 23 2016 - 4:09pm, first published June 13 2016 - 8:29pm
NSW Farmers Egg Committee chairman Bede Burke with a new delivery of 27,000 day-old chicks. Photo: Paul Mathews
NSW Farmers Egg Committee chairman Bede Burke with a new delivery of 27,000 day-old chicks. Photo: Paul Mathews
Australian egg farmers produced 435 million dozen eggs in 2015. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Australian egg farmers produced 435 million dozen eggs in 2015. Photo: Edwina Pickles