<p>This technology would be implemented on a large scale regardless of any countries law mandating it's use. Firms would save a lot of resources if they could get rid of eggs at the 4-20 day mark rather than the 22-25 day mark as this is when they start consuming food. As per unemployment it seems these numbers wont be large. A back of the envelope calculation from snippets off google:</p>
<p>62 million chicken births per day<br />
chicken sexers can do 5000-8000 in a day<br />
Realistically &gt;15000 jobs world-wide</p>

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<p>As they report in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_sexing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>, daily 7 million male chicks are killed for economic reasons.</p>
<p>What I did not know is that obviously the actual separation, <em>sexing</em> is done manually?</p>
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<p>Instrument or machine sexing of chickens has almost disappeared.</p>
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<p>Does this mean, the German upcoming law for in-ovo sexing, in case it will happen automatically which appears realistic, effectively add to unemployment? Is there any estimation how many jobs are bound here?</p>

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In-ovo chick sexing vs. unemployment
J. Doe
# In-ovo chick sexing vs. unemployment

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-09)

As they report in [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_sexing), daily 7 million male chicks are killed for economic reasons.

What I did not know is that obviously the actual separation, *sexing* is done manually?

> Instrument or machine sexing of chickens has almost disappeared.

Does this mean, the German upcoming law for in-ovo sexing, in case it will happen automatically which appears realistic, effectively add to unemployment? Is there any estimation how many jobs are bound here?

**Tags:** unemployment, automation, food


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-09. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

This technology would be implemented on a large scale regardless of any countries law mandating it's use. Firms would save a lot of resources if they could get rid of eggs at the 4-20 day mark rather than the 22-25 day mark as this is when they start consuming food. As per unemployment it seems these numbers wont be large. A back of the envelope calculation from snippets off google:

62 million chicken births per day  
chicken sexers can do 5000-8000 in a day  
Realistically >15000 jobs world-wide


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