Ethical and ecological assessment of alternatives to culling of 1-day male chicks

In order to assess alternatives to early culling of male chicks, three systems are ethically and ecologically compared, as is in-ovo sex determination, fattening of male broilers from layer strains, and the use of double-purpose poultry breeds. As a control, the commonly used system is applied.

• Coop Basel

• Coop Sustainability Fund

• Leiber Florian (Department of Livestock Sciences)

• Ammer Stefanie (Department of Livestock Sciences)
• Meier Matthias (Department of Food System Sciences)

• Animal Housing & Livestock Breeding (Department of Livestock Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)
• Sustainability (Department of Food System Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)