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Eggs are lifted from trays and transferred inside a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling where male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)

Eggs are lifted from trays and transferred inside a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling where male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)

A company sign is seen in a conference room at the Hy-Line hatchery Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A company sign is seen in a conference room at the Hy-Line hatchery Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Managing director of Agri Advanced Technologies Jörg Hurlin speaks about the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Managing director of Agri Advanced Technologies Jörg Hurlin speaks about the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NestFresh executive vice president Jasen Urena speaks about the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NestFresh executive vice president Jasen Urena speaks about the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Newly hatched chicks are seen after being sorted in a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling when male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)

Newly hatched chicks are seen after being sorted in a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling when male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)

A display board for the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, is displayed before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A display board for the CHEGGY machine, an SUV-sized machine that can separate eggs by sex, is displayed before a demonstration at the Hy-Line hatchery, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Wilton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A worker guides a tray of chicken eggs into a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling when male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)

A worker guides a tray of chicken eggs into a machine that provides a new technique to enable hatcheries to peek into millions of fertilized eggs and spot male embryos, then grind them up for other uses before they mature into chicks, in Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024. This is an alternative to the longstanding practice of chick culling when male chicks are killed because they have little monetary value since they do not lay eggs. (Courtesy Tony Reidsma via AP)