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post #1 of 26
1/29/11 at 3:04pm
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Hi! I'm trying to learn the "skill" vent sexing. But wow, it's tricky! barnie

The chick on the pics. is a 3-4 days old Chabo, and I think it's a boy? It has a very clear (not so clear on the photo hmm) small dark/shiny "button" (the area I circled) that I think applies to the descriptions I've looked at and read about.
Have checked through some other chicks and some of them look nothing like this, they do not appear to have any "button" at all, are they hens? Then, it's a few that have a VERY small button (so small that it is impossible to photograph), hens?

Here are the pics  ... Do I even watch the right area of the cloaca? hmmhide

http://i55.tinypic.com/5ebote.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/35ist8x.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/r0tjit.jpg

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post #2 of 26
1/29/11 at 5:53pm

Second photo looks like a girl, last looks like a boy.


But honestly, I wouldn't be vent sexing Chabos if I were you. . . . Way too small of a chick.

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post #3 of 26
1/29/11 at 6:17pm

The second & third pic looks the same to me...specifically, I see a dark spot in the third pic as well as the other two.  What are you seeing that is different in the 2nd & 3rd???  I really know very little about vent sexing.  What websites did you look at to find pictures?  I've tried googling it before with no luck.

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Wife to 1 & Mom to 4 - The flock: wheaten & lavender split Ameraucana, Easter & Olive Eggers; plus a mixed laying flock of Welsummer, BLRW, Australorps, sl Polish!!                 
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post #4 of 26
1/30/11 at 12:13am
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I have'nt "squeezed" this chicks cloaca out, just beauce it's a Chabo and I thought it was to small, tried to expose it on a more gently way. All pics are on the same chick (so it's not so weird that you think they look the same )lol.
But are I looking at the "correct" area of the cloaca, or is it somthing else I should look after?

I have made a picture here of a few different looks I have seen... But as I said, i'm not sure if a'm looking after the "right" thing? I'm looking after a small little "pin-head" and on it's shape/form/size. Ignore the text above.

Tupp = Rooster
Höna = Hen

http://i53.tinypic.com/2mrb1qf.jpg


Edited by Linkoso - 1/30/11 at 12:19am
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post #5 of 26
1/30/11 at 12:51am

Might I suggest you have way too much free time on your hands?

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post #6 of 26
1/30/11 at 1:14am
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Might I suggest you have way too much free time on your hands?


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post #7 of 26
1/30/11 at 2:58am
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LOL roll Chickens are my main interest, so I spend a lot of my free time on them. smile ... And for the moment, I have to admit that I have pretty much freetime. lol

By the way... Here's some more pics on other chicks (about 1 weeks old)... It's very difficult to take good photos on your own with a chick in your other hand... hmm

Araucana - No "pin-head"? Hen? idunno

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz160/linkoso/_MG_0616.jpg?t=1296384596

Appezeller/Maran cross - I can see a very tiny "pin-head" (looks like a little pearl). Hen or roo?

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz160/linkoso/_MG_0622.jpg?t=1296384595

Same Chabo as the first pics - It has a black, shiny "pearl". Unfortunately, the photo is not so accurate (more like a black, blurry dot)

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz160/linkoso/_MG_0619.jpg?t=1296384595

Same chick
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz160/linkoso/_MG_0617.jpg?t=1296385034

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post #8 of 26
1/30/11 at 8:53am

Vent sexing has to be done on day old chicks.

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post #9 of 26
1/30/11 at 8:59am
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Originally Posted by pdsavage 

Vent sexing has to be done on day old chicks.


Obviously not, if the OP doing it. wink

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post #10 of 26
1/30/11 at 9:07am
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Originally Posted by jeremy 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pdsavage 

Vent sexing has to be done on day old chicks.


Obviously not, if the OP doing it. wink


Hehe yeah but she is not seeing what she thinks she sees....

As the female grows older, the process mill continue to regress . . . just as the questionable male organ will extend and grow larger. But you can't wait more than a day or two to vent sex a chick. It has to be done before the youngster eats and thus distends its lower alimentary tract.http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ft8bxYaeYh0J:www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Factsheets/Mother_Earth_news_sexing_dayold_chicks.pdf+can+you+only+vent+sex+day+olds&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjP5CnorijNSK35rPZCtZ2Q3YqbHVNwBPJ1QxOaPqexAm-WNSaqd7pTveaGMmm4UwBC2oKV6XqYnA3lhrnp379uYnab5ifOPj0ZqAlZLqug3vAPA_vyNrxJ_QIf2Ljnwz0jJMqn&sig=AHIEtbSQMDgiIj3tCRkSpueZlg1gDu6zXQ

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