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post #51 of 80
3/3/12 at 8:15am

I can see why some would want to just eliminate the chances of getting cockerels, but for someone like me who is breeding to improve my flock, I want some numbers to choose from.  I don't want to lose any because it effects my hatch rate and the population of offspring to select from.

 

 

Funny thing though about this temp change business....

I just finished a hatch of about 40 chicks, and I had 6 with splay legs.  I am going to attribute this to problems in the hatching incubator that would not stay put the first day I put them in for lockdown.  I had it set, then it shot up to 104, then down to about 95.  I still had a great hatch, but now I have band-aids on 6 chicks in the brooder.  Before that, I had 1 in 130 this year.

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post #52 of 80
3/5/12 at 2:26pm
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OK, these are fresh from today. The adults are not the mamas, they came from Jimmythechicken last year. Surprisingly tame around the babies!

 

Have at it...

 

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post #53 of 80
3/5/12 at 4:00pm

I am seeing 3 and 3.

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post #54 of 80
3/5/12 at 4:18pm
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We'll see again next week with new pics...

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I'm only planning to keep two or three and am just waiting to confirm their sex..

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post #55 of 80
3/5/12 at 4:29pm
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I am seeing 3 and 3.



That's what I think too.

 

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post #56 of 80
3/10/12 at 1:37am
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Originally Posted by Minniechickmama View Post

I am seeing 3 and 3.


yep so much for the lower temp giving more pullets ,,,,bet the dead in the shell ,killed by lower temp ,were both sex too......easy to tell sex the dead ones in the shell.

 

some people will believe ANYTHING

 

would have been better to hatch 5 and 5 then killed the males at day old.


Edited by deerman - 3/10/12 at 1:40am
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post #57 of 80
3/10/12 at 1:42am
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The sex of a chick is determined by the hen and the sex organs are formed within the first five days of development during incubation. Temperature will not change sex in avian species. It may kill one sex or the other easier if the temps are incorrect for optimal incubation and getting all chicks to hatch, but it won't give you more of one or the other, as in changing/producing the sex of the chick due to lower or higher temperatures.

 

If there are five males and five females in ten eggs and you change the proper temp and kill off all the males, you haven't gotten more females-you have simply gotten the same number of females that would have hatched anyway and killed your males.

 

Feather sexing does not work on all chickens. They must be bred for that trait. I've never used feather sexing on my Orpingtons.


agree plus bet it also killed some pullets in the egg also

 

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post #58 of 80
3/10/12 at 3:42am
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Well, we're waiting to confirm the sex of the chicks, or are you sold already at this stage? What is your point?

I will keep posting more as they grow.

If I had anything to hide or tried to make fit into any arguments, I would not post the photos old.gif    I wanted to confirm an assumption with eggs I bought and paid for, for my backyard flock.

I didn't steal them from you. sickbyc.gif     Neener neener back at cha smack.gif

 

 

BTW, I don't know if I mentioned before that the eggs were purchased on Ebay and shipped to my house. All had detached membranes. Anyone comparing the hatchability to that of eggs that did not endure three days in the mail should duc.gif


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post #59 of 80
3/11/12 at 11:04am
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post #60 of 80
3/11/12 at 12:40pm
Still looks like 3 and 3. Especially photo 3. All the bottom ones = boys.

== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
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== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

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