Honestly par for the course for human treatment of chickens. See chick culling [1]. Billions of baby chicks are macerated live because they are not commercially useful.
> Worldwide: As of 2015, approximately 7 billion male chicks were culled annually around the world
> Worldwide: As of 2015, approximately 7 billion male chicks were culled annually around the world
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling