According to a PETA investigation that took place in several hatcheries and farms in India, newly-hatched chicks are sadly welcomed with pain and misery, and never get to meet their mothers and live their natural lives. Female and male chicks are separated. Sick, deformed and "low-grade" chicks, along with male chicks that are deemed "worthless", are routinely killed by getting thrown into trash bins, grinders, fire pits and fish ponds.
—chribren