UK lags behind again.

[Marigold]

U.K. lags behind again.

UK retailers blocking moves to end the killing of day-old male chicks

While France and Germany have introduced bans, Britain continues to slaughter 29 million unwanted chicks every year

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hen-Gen]

U.K. lags behind again.

UK retailers blocking moves to end the killing of day-old male chicks

While France and Germany have introduced bans, Britain continues to slaughter 29 million unwanted chicks every year

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hen-Gen]

Thank God for that. Though I suppose to be open minded what is France and Germany‘s reasoning?

 

[chrismahon]

It may be that France and Germany rear their males on for meat? Unlike the UK the meat birds here are reared to at least 12 weeks. In the case of our neighbour it is 14-16 weeks as he has 4 barns each with free-ranging pastures, so the barns are emptied one at a time (perhaps 500 in each) over 2 weeks and processed at a very small abattoir a few miles away. In the UK meat birds are a fast growing breed, kept inside and slaughtered at 5 ½ weeks. Chicken here is very expensive (€12/Kg). I doubt the UK market would accept the price or the difference in texture/ flavour.