Pullets or Cockerels?

[KikiLeigh02]

Bad luck for sure, but I don't think it's totally unheard of?
Please excuse me for asking all these questions, but...
How many eggs did you incubate?
How many actually hatched?
What was your temp/humidity?
Where did you get the eggs & were they shipped?
Did you have any that didn't survive after hatching?
Sorry, I'm just curious.

This is terrible...is there something that could have affected their gender during incubation? The odds of ending up with this many boys seems unlikely.

 

[FourandSix]

Bad luck for sure, but I don't think it's totally unheard of?
Please excuse me for asking all these questions, but...
How many eggs did you incubate?
How many actually hatched?
What was your temp/humidity?
Where did you get the eggs & were they shipped?
Did you have any that didn't survive after hatching?
Sorry, I'm just curious.

No worries. I incubated a dozen eggs I received from a local breeder. 11 went into lockdown and 11 hatched and survived. My temp was 99-100 in a forced air incubator, humidity was 35-40 percent until lockdown, and then I raised it to 60-70 percent.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

3 and 6 could be pullets. But it's still early.
The rest are obvious cockerels.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Bad luck for sure, but I don't think it's totally unheard of?
Please excuse me for asking all these questions, but...
How many eggs did you incubate?
How many actually hatched?
What was your temp/humidity?
Where did you get the eggs & were they shipped?
Did you have any that didn't survive after hatching?
Sorry, I'm just curious.

The gender of the bird is determined when it is fertilized. Doesn't matter what you do to it. It's the same and will stay the same.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

The gender of the bird is determined when it is fertilized. Doesn't matter what you do to it. It's the same and will stay the same.

yes, but males and female have different tempatures they can withstand as embros.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

yes, but males and female have different tempatures they can withstand as embros.

Then only the male eggs would survive, and in that case you would have a bunch of eggs that didn't hatch.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Then only the male eggs would survive, and in that case you would have a bunch of eggs that didn't hatch.

yes, how many eggs were in the incubator and how many hatched? (to the OP)

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

No worries. I incubated a dozen eggs I received from a local breeder. 11 went into lockdown and 11 hatched and survived. My temp was 99-100 in a forced air incubator, humidity was 35-40 percent until lockdown, and then I raised it to 60-70 percent.

OOps, didn't see this, sorry!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Thank you for humoring me. I was really most curious if you had a bunch that didn't hatch or if some didn't survive after hatching.

No worries. I incubated a dozen eggs I received from a local breeder. 11 went into lockdown and 11 hatched and survived. My temp was 99-100 in a forced air incubator, humidity was 35-40 percent until lockdown, and then I raised it to 60-70 percent.

 

[Fanfoui]

WOw that’s a lot of little roos in there. 6 is pullet and i would put 3 as a pullet too due to the absence of pinkness in the comb.