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Yeah, no. They're not using baby chickens as a source of meat.
They absolutely are. Same with cows.
How old do you think these animals live until when they're not murdered?
They're all children when they are sent to the slaughter houses.
They're not using chicks for Chick-fil-A nuggets. McDonald's, maybe, but not Chick-fil-A.
The culled males from the egg industry are typically used for animal feed.
Chick-fil-A uses broilers (6-9 weeks old) which is during their teenage stage. Animal maturity stages don't follow the same relative timeline as humans.
9 weeks is a fucking baby. Chickens live long, healthy lives for years
Again, you can't judge animal maturity levels by comparing them to humans.