They're usually shredded alive almost immediately because they're seen as "waste" since they don't lay eggs
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Culling unhatched eggs seems less cruel to me than culling <1 day hatchlings. Cute-bias, I know.
Seems to scale somewhat in Europe, talking many many millions of eggs per year too.
At least trying is better than nothing.
Not saying it's perfect, but tech is advancing thought it would be interesting to add that to this thread...