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lol.. I would never tell someone not to vent sex their chicks.. I was just saying I think that's why so many are hesitant to try... reminds me of when my brother was little.. he saw a chef run potatoes through a potato ricer.. you can only imagine what he did to several chicks while my...

sexing a chick is easy.. the problem is that it's also easy for someone who doesn't know what they are doing to seriously hurt a chick when vent sexing... which I think is the reason why so many people hesitate.. I know there are videos on the subject.. however I haven't watched any of...

even the hatcheries make mistakes.. especially when you consider how many chicks they have to feather sex or vent sex during an average day.. I think that's why most have some sort of disclaimer on their websites saying that they are either 80 or 90% accurate.. I know when I was sexing chicks we...

nah.. can't use the pullet dust here...I may have allergies I just need some fresh batteries for my magic wand that I wave over the eggs while dressed in a chicken suit as I dance around at the full moon just so I can get more cockerels.. low batteries are the reason why I got so many darn...

Oh I'm sure there are people who are reading this that think we are dead serious and have some sort of scientific data to back it all up (and that we have probably made our reservations at the local looney bin).. maybe we need a giant disclaimer stating THIS IS JUST FOR FUN!.. I think even...

I'm still getting a giggle out of this.. you gotta keep us updated!

my main roo is a mixed breed (from feather sexing breeds) so he carries the genes for it and has always passed them on to his kids my alternate roos are purebreds that also carry the feather sexing genes my pullets & hens that I have now are all purebred and the eggs I set were from hens that...

you made an interesting point.. so lets add in another monkey wrench into the mix... lets go on with the hypothetical situation where you can sex them by egg shape.. what if it were purely genetic?.. meaning if it were like feather sexing or other sex-linked traits.. where some bloodlines could...

now that really is something to think about.. people for centuries have pondered the same thing we are today... pretty cool huh?

From what I know of the meat bird industry and hatcheries in general (after having several relatives raise birds for the meat industry, and having worked in hatcheries as well as processing plants myself).. i always get a good laugh at the people who think that perdue or some other outfit would...

and most hatcheries still do things by hand.. hatching out hundreds of thousands of chicks a day.. (meat industry).. for them, there is a market for both males and females.. since they all are destined for the dinner table anyway.. I have never walked into a broiler house that had only pullets...

mine lay all different shapes.. I have some hens separated from the main flock.. they never lay the same shape egg day in and day out.. sure they may lay eggs of the same shape several times in a row.. but if a hen lays pointed eggs one day chances are (at least with my girls) that the eggs...

Lol.. I always get a laugh out of it when someone mentions that hatcheries would use any means available to sex the chicks before the eggs are set if it were possible.. the thing with hatcheries though (and I used to work at one.. so i know).. they like to get a mix hatched out .. not just...

lol.. if it was pure luck I should have gone and bought a lottery ticket... but yeah.. I was so busy laughing every time I checked the sex and looked at the egg shape.. I swear if someone walked in they would have thought I was ready for the looney bin! I still think it had to be a fluke...

I have 16 eggs... 15 of them were shipped.. so hatch rate on them all depends on how badly they were treated by the postal service.. if I have a third hatch out I'll be a happy camper!

I've been wanting emus as pets for years.. when i moved back to Texas about 7 years ago I almost brought one with me.. however I realized that the road trip would have been too much for a fast growing emu baby that needs to work those leg muscles every day to keep them strong and healthy. So I...

will do.. right now all my bators are full of emu eggs... so it's going to be a while before I have room for more chicks lol.. my rational mind still says it was a fluke.. but wouldn't it be great if it worked 100% of the time!

Thanks Ridgerunner.. I appreciate that.. and like I said I never ever expected it to work.. in all honesty it may have been just a fluke.. all I know is my husband and I both got a heck of a laugh out of it..

they all went according to the egg shape.. I can feather sex my birds (they carry the genes for it) and I also vent sexed them to be sure.. trust me.. i was laughing my behind off because i never believed for a second that it would work now will it work every time?.. no idea.. to me for an...

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