Anyone ever hear this before?

[Big dreams]

I was reading on the Mother earth news page and ran across this:

Although I raised chickens for many years, I never knew this helpful hint until my farmer neighbor told me. When your hen is sitting on eggs in her nest and you don't want any new roosters around, remove any eggs that come to a point. These are the male eggs. Let the hen hatch only the rounded eggs and they will all be females - no roosters in that batch!

Anyone ever try this or hear it before?

 

[crazychicken]

Yes, and I think it is one of those old tales that got told and passed around. it is not true. perfectly round eggs can hatch as a rooster. the shape of the egg makes no difference.

 

[krstms]

My buff orpingtons only lay rounded eggs and my white rocks only lay pointy eggs so I doubt thats true. but who knows.

 

[HEChicken]

If this were true, wouldn't the commercial hatcheries use it as a method to ensure they only get the gender they want, instead of having the cull all the males after hatching?

 

[Big dreams]

It's like hanging a chick upside down to find out if it is a rooster or not, works 50% of the time.

 

[Mahonri]

Yup, it works! It's true.

50% of the time!

 

[RevaVirginia]

It's absolutely true. When a rooster hatches you'll just hear "you must have missed the point".

 

[walkswithdog]

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[walkswithdog]

Oh, and as has been implied. It's total BS. Or hatcheries wouldn't waste hundreds of thousands of dollars hatching roo chicks.

 

[WitksChicks]

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Absolutely a

"point".