Incubating eggs destroyed as chicken demand drops in COVID pandemic

The Canadian chicken industry, needing to scale back dramatically in a changing economy, has had to destroy millions of incubating eggs and even reportedly some chicks, trying to prevent even more waste later on.

n April, the board of directors for Chicken Farmers of Canada met twice to discuss supply management over the upcoming months. They decided to reduce the national supply by 12 per cent from May through August.

That meant reducing orders at hatcheries, which are generally run separately from the farms and only oversee the eggs until the day after they hatch. The hatcheries therefore did a major cull of eggs that were already incubating, taking most of the financial hit as well.

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