5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[GerbilsOnToast]

Lmao number 1 and 3 don't work. If they did hatcheries wouldn't pay people out the rear to look into they're vent to sex them.

There are different ways to sex chicks.

1. Vent sexing you look in the vent to see a bump for male but even some females will have a slight bump and there is like 9 different bump shapes or something like that.
2. You have a chick that auto sexes.
3. You breed a sex link. example rooster over a barred rock. This is where you get black sexlinks and redsexlinks.
4. feather sexing. for this to work you need a slow feathering bird mated with a fast feathering bird. If I remember correctly.

Feather sexing is dependent on the breed - it works for all standard breeds, but once you get into crosses & exotics, it may or may not. Pullets (of the applicable breeds) hatch with their first few flight feathers already in; roos will just have the nubs. After three to five days, the roos catch up enough that it's hard to impossible to tell.

If you stand over a group of 2-4 day old chicks and watch them, you can usually SEE the wing feathers on the pullets, the roos look like just fuzzballs. It's easier to be sure after you look at one of each; the difference is quite pronounced, but until you see the opposite sex, they'll all look like the sex you want.

 

[JLaw]

HAPPY NEW YEARS

 

[bantambury]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 2014

 

[coopsbyty]

can anyone help me with my slipped beak problem?

I used to raise parrots years ago, and we once had scissor beak, there was nothing we could do for it. I do not know for certain you can not have it fixed by a vet? But if it's not sever the little one can live a normal life you will just have to feed and water it in deep dishes and possibly feed damp food. The crossed beak makes it hard for them to pick up feed.

I will also mention this can be a genetic issue so you do not wanna use the bird as a breeder.


I hope this helps some.

 

[Brookhavens]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

 

[msladyhawke]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !!!

 

[JLaw]

Feather sexing is dependent on the breed - it works for all standard breeds, but once you get into crosses & exotics, it may or may not. Pullets (of the applicable breeds) hatch with their first few flight feathers already in; roos will just have the nubs. After three to five days, the roos catch up enough that it's hard to impossible to tell.

If you stand over a group of 2-4 day old chicks and watch them, you can usually SEE the wing feathers on the pullets, the roos look like just fuzzballs. It's easier to be sure after you look at one of each; the difference is quite pronounced, but until you see the opposite sex, they'll all look like the sex you want

Not according to what I read it's fast feathering roo over a slow feathing hen.

This is the best post I've found for sexlink information.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[Cynthia12]

That is so cute!


You have to hope the cross beak is not bad enough that the chick cannot eat. The beak can be trimmed of it is not too bad. I do not know of any way to fix cross beak.
Are you going to get a chick friend for it if it hatches?

It will only be one week behind these others, hoping they will be nice. I have something I can separate them in the brooder with..so they can see each other. Will wait for the newer one to be up on it's feet real good, then give it a go. Should work out I think?

 

[MontanaDolphin]

Happy New Year BYC friends!

 

[ronott1]

It will only be one week behind these others, hoping they will be nice. I have something I can separate them in the brooder with..so they can see each other. Will wait for the newer one to be up on it's feet real good, then give it a go. Should work out I think?

Yes, if the sizes are similar they will integrate within a week. I have done this before!