Poultry: Animal Welfare
(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the UK egg industry about the merits of existing egg-sexing technologies for ending the culling of male chicks.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026
This Government has regular discussions with the egg industry on a range of animal health and welfare issues. The industry recently provided an update on work trialling ovo sexing equipment in a non-commercial capacity and this Government will continue to discuss this issue with them.