A new law would require hatcheries to determine a bird's sex while the egg is still incubating. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and ...

FILE - In this March 17, 2015 file photo, ground kept chicken are pictured at a farmer in Breckerfeld, Germany. The German government plans to ban the practice of killing male chicks after they hatch, ...

A significant problem in the egg industry is, well, males. There’s no way to guarantee that chicks will be hens, and thus egg layers, which means the industry is engaged in a truly berserk amount of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — The German government plans to ...