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The non-ethical issues raised seem no different from eating any animal.

We dont farm and eat as many carnivores. Octopus and some fish are the only exceptions. The non ethical issues raised do not generalize easily.

Chicken is one of the most commonly farmed meats and they're certainly omnivorous.

They may be omnivores, but they eat plants only when they’re raised in captivity.

Define captivity. I have chickens and even roaming on pasture, they happily eat grass and weeds.

Indeed. And for some trivia, there are ~23 billion chickens alive in the world at any one time.

And tens of millions of male chicks are killed each day soon after they hatch.