Laying eggs is a highly taxing process on the body ... they are typically just slaughtered and discarded. And when male chicks are born into the egg industry (accounting for about 50 percent ...

America’s egg industry is starting to address one of its worst problems. Since the start of 2025, over 27 million egg-laying ...

For the male, it usually pays best to compete ... female jacanas weigh 60 percent more than males and can lay many successive "clutches" of eggs in a single breeding season. Once their eggs ...