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117 Million EU Chickens Gender-Tested by Laser: Texas Joins the Egg Race

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Chickens in Europe—117.9 million to be precise—are now gender-tested by in-ovo lasers before hatching, as “How does in-ovo sexing work?” and “Which countries use in-ovo sexing?” surge in Google’s top poultry queries. Norway, Switzerland, and the US scramble to catch up, while Texas hatcheries prepare for their laser-lit debut. As one report notes, “eggs free of male culling are even available on grocery store shelves,” a fact that makes breakfast surprisingly high-tech.

While Texas hatcheries gear up with Orbem’s machinery, Switzerland’s entire layer flock now faces laser scrutiny, a leap from last year’s numbers. Searches like “How widespread is in-ovo sexing?” and “Are supermarkets switching to gendered eggs?” spike alongside the visual of a Nebraska machine calmly sorting eggs while a Cheggy robot contemplates poultry ethics. “This remarkable jump lines up with a rapid increase,” the report observes, egging on a tech-powered, chicken-centric future.

Of 393 million EU laying hens, up to 117.9 million were gender-checked via in-ovo lasers—a process so common now that even a Texas office opened just to keep up with the world's breakfast demands.

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