SBA Hatchery
Bagshot VIC, exposed 2016
Eggs Exposed: the Hatchery An Australian-first investigation by Animal Liberation and Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project) reveals the mass killing of 'useless' male chicks and the painful de-beaking of day-old femalesFor every egg-laying hen born into the Australian egg industry, a male chick is born who can't lay eggs and therefore has no commercial value. Every year in Australia, around 12 million of these male chicks are macerated (ground up alive) or gassed in the first day of their lives as 'waste products' of the industry. A large number of abnormal or deformed females are also macerated.Now, for the first time ever in Australia, the horrific reality of this maceration has been captured on camera, along with the painful de-beaking inflicted on the female chicks. Filmed at one of the country's largest hatcheries, owned by Specialised Breeders Australia (SBA)...
Eggs Exposed: the Hatchery An Australian-first investigation by Animal Liberation and Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project) reveals the mass killing of 'useless' male chicks and the painful de-beaking of day-old femalesFor every egg-laying hen born into the Australian egg industry, a male chick is born who can't lay eggs and therefore has no commercial value. Every year in Australia, around 12 million of these male chicks are macerated (ground up alive) or gassed in the first day of their lives as 'waste products' of the industry. A large number of abnormal or deformed females are also macerated.Now, for the first time ever in Australia, the horrific reality of this...
Eggs Exposed: the Hatchery An Australian-first investigation by Animal Liberation and Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project) reveals the mass killing of 'useless' male chicks and the painful de-beaking of day-old femalesFor every egg-laying hen born into the Australian egg industry, a male chick is born who can't lay eggs and therefore has no commercial...
Eggs Exposed: the Hatchery An Australian-first investigation by Animal Liberation and Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project) reveals the mass killing of 'useless' male chicks and the painful de-beaking of day-old femalesFor every egg-laying hen born into...
