Arizona Chickens

[Parront]

Exactly , but if it is at all possible its always best to buy locally, that's your best option, and your birds will be use to the weather & you can learn a lot from the breeder thats giant plus..! so when im ready for my NN babies Desertchick, im calling you ...!!!!

If you were to go shopping at Ace you would want photos of male and female in hand, maybe on your phone. Just because some people can tell the difference, I would be afraid that I would still choose a male! And, they may or may not be actual cream legbars.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

It's just that my blue egg layer is actually a light olive egger and she was $3.00 at the feed store. I don't get it, that price just seems a bit much.

i couldn't garuntee those prices at all, i have the worst memory in the world.

for all I know the polish were $15 a piece XD

 

[Parront]

So far, all of the Biel/NN mixes have been girls so I can't be sure. They've retained the strong chipmunk striping, but without having males to compare them to I just can't be sure.

I like that method of sexing chicks, just only hatch girls!

 

[igorsMistress]

i couldn't garuntee those prices at all, i have the worst memory in the world.

for all I know the polish were $15 a piece XD

Wait til you get to be my age

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Is there not a way to hatch only one sex or the other. I know in reptiles you can.

 

[igorsMistress]

No, there's no guarantee. Supposedly temperature influences the outcome, but I don't think that's particularly true. Would be an interesting experiment though.

 

[cactusrota]

Apparently this is as far as it goes with chickens:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/a-drop-in-temperature-can-change-the-sex-of-chickens-1238516.html

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Interesting. But I wouldn't want all male chicks from the persuaded females.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Accpording to aquatic reptile incubation, such as crocodiles, the lower the temperature the more likely it is that majority of the hatch will be female, and the higher the temperature, the higher chance that majority of teh hatch will be males.

I don't think it applied to birds though...

 

[Parront]

Accpording to aquatic reptile incubation, such as crocodiles, the lower the temperature the more likely it is that majority of the hatch will be female, and the higher the temperature, the higher chance that majority of teh hatch will be males.

I don't think it applied to birds though...

I guess that would leave out chicks hatched in Phoenix! It might be the opposite, since DesertChick only has females!