1. Ridgerunner

    Sexing eggs and wives tales? 🤔 pure bred hens crossed with buff Orpington rooster results? 🤔 Incubator brand review? 🤔 I got some answers! 😆

    #4, the buff orp over barred rock hen is barred. That makes him a boy. But I'd expect that cross to make a chick that was pretty much black, not sure your adults are actually pure bred. Still, as long as the father is not barred and the hen is barred that is a boy.
  2. Ridgerunner

    Sexing eggs and wives tales? 🤔 pure bred hens crossed with buff Orpington rooster results? 🤔 Incubator brand review? 🤔 I got some answers! 😆

    I can't wait to see how the barred rock chick feathers out. I'm not sure your barred rock hen is purebred, that chick should have had a lot more black on it. But buff can do some strange things with black. If it is a boy, when it feathers out it will be barred. If a girl it will not be...
  3. Ridgerunner

    Sexing eggs and wives tales? 🤔 pure bred hens crossed with buff Orpington rooster results? 🤔 Incubator brand review? 🤔 I got some answers! 😆

    The ancient Greeks over 2000 years ago thought so too. But with the ancient Greeks the pointy ended ones were pullets and the round ones were roosters. This works as well as flipping a coin and no better. I don't have any faith in this either but it will be interesting to see your results...
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