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With chicken eggs there has been more than enough proof that you cannot predict the sex based on the shape of the egg. One of my hens laid only the blunt eggs. Her offspring were essentially 50% male and 50% female over the years. All of my hens laid only pointy eggs or blunt eggs including a few that laid nearly round eggs. No hen laid both types of eggs.
Theoretically, they should be 50/50 but the reason I started this experiment is because I noticed a few years ago I was hatching a disproportionately number of male birds. Then began putting the observation of pointed eggs versus round eggs into the theory. It sounds crazy and 'theoretically' shouldn't be but that has been my observations.
I have hens that lay both types, pointed and round. And others as you said, some only lay pointed and others only round. Some of the ones that lay the blunt eggs tend to lay some of their eggs that are actually completely round! I have also noticed that those eggs are almost never fertile and if they are, the embryos will 'quit' somewhere along in the incubation process. I haven't broken it down that far as to what each of those hens eggs turn out to be, yet.
The reason I'm using Goldens and Amherst only, is because they can be sexed at hatch, whereas with the True pheasants, I would have to band or mark them somehow to 'wait' and see what sex they are...also easier to get them mixed up in the banding or marking process. With the Ruff pheasants I'll know immediately.
Basically, just doing this for my own curiosity, and see if it's just a fallacy or if there is something behind the observations.
 
@CoturnixComplex , I agree with you about temperature affecting the sex of a developing embryo. There have been numerous studies conducted on incubation temperatures and gender. It is thought that higher temperatures will produce higher ratios of males to females than the normally thought of 50/50 ratio.

I have also conducted my own experiments on shape of the egg and the ability to discern sex of the embryo.
My preliminary findings are that eggs that have a very pronounced pointed end are male embryos and the 'rounded' eggs are female embryos.
I found this to be true, to some degree. The trouble I had determining the sex came about at hatching. I need to mark the shell in a place that won't be destroyed during pipping and zipping. :he Also, some eggs are easy to tell which end is pointed but it's the ones that aren't quite round or pointed that throw the proverbial 'monkey wrench' into the picture...it could go either way. ;)
I'm going to conduct this experiment again this year. Going to keep better records, and hopefully it will provide some useful information...at least with pheasant eggs and sex determination. I'm using only Golden or Amherst eggs for this experiment, because of the simple fact, they can be sexed at hatch.
Can you put each egg in it's own jail basket at hatch time to confine the hatched chich with the egg?
 
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Next question: these are the temps in our area over next ten days...assuming my birds will be at least mostly feathered out next week (at three weeks old), are they ok to move to outdoor hutch? It will be protected from wind/rain.
Yes!
 
Jumping into the conversation! I have 73 eggs going right now. These are a 4-H project for my daughter and just because I wanted them. lol

I've been lurking on the thread, reading up on things and enjoying seeing everyone's hatches.
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These are shipped eggs, so I'm really just hoping for half to hatch. :jumpy:jumpy
 
Jumping into the conversation! I have 73 eggs going right now. These are a 4-H project for my daughter and just because I wanted them. lol

I've been lurking on the thread, reading up on things and enjoying seeing everyone's hatches.
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These are shipped eggs, so I'm really just hoping for half to hatch. :jumpy:jumpy
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Shipped from where?

Good luck and keep us posted.
 

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