Anybody else have a RIDICULOUS amount of roos hatching???

[M@M@2four]

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Just actually gave a bunch away today! It's much calmer around here...ahhhhhh....

 

[MissPrissy]

M@M@2four :

Miss Prissy...are you bragging???

Just kidding...well, good for you.

LOL!!!!!

It would be bragging if I told you I hatched out 23 pullets.

 

[M@M@2four]

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It would be bragging if I told you I hatched out 23 pullets.

Seriously???

 

[shelleyd2008]

I guess I have been lucky so far. Most of the roos OI have were bought that way

I have hatched (between me and my hens) 47 chicks so far. Out of these, there are 20 that I can tell on. They are 15 pullets and 5 roos. The others are either way to little, or to fast to see!! But I did buy a hen with 15 chicks earlier this summer, 8 roos and 7 pullets, 5 of which have since died.

 

[skand]

our first batch we hatched out, we had 2 pullets, and 2 roos. our next batch is still in question, but i think we've got 4 pullets and 2 roos...hoping it stays that way too.

 

[seminolewind]

Me too! All these roos.

Miss Prissy, are you going to share your secret? If not, please just PM the secret to me, and I promise I will never tell a soul

 

[M@M@2four]

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Ummmm...me too. I guess I first have to apolgize for claiming you were bragging....

I'm sorry...now please tell me the secret too.....

 

[MissPrissy]

No secrets. I hatched every egg Bonnie was laying there for a while. She was throwing alot of female DNA.

That makes Bonnie a real keeper!

 

[Andora]

We got six chicks, and it looks like four are roos, one is *maybe* a pullet, and the other two are younger and too hard to tell. But of the Welsummer chicks, 3 out of 4 look like roosters. I'm so sad because I can't keep any of them, since I live in a suburb.

 

[chicken stalker]

Pretty sure the male carries the gene to determine sex. At least that's how it works in humans. Keep that Roo!