Chick flipping to determine sex? how?

[Pet Duck Boy]

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Patience, young grasshopper.

 

[bethsplace]

try a sewing needle on a thread hold it over the chick real steady if it moves in a circle its a hen if it goes back and forth in a straight line its a roo its was accurate for me and a friend

 

[chickaddict]

If you swing a dead cat over your head at midnight during a full moon your roosters will fart simutaniously.




sorry, i couldn't resist

 

[La_TomboyGirl]

What if you use a dead armadillo instead?

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

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*Ahem* Yet another old wives tail that doesn't work - which I stated

This is also the same method as the "wedding ring on a string above pregnant women's belly" wives tale, where you can discover the sex of an unborn baby....

 

[chickaddict]

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your hens will burp

 

[JordanFamily]

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[A.T. Hagan]

But if you swing a dead dog over your head at noon you'll only draw buzzards.
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Yep. Those are the only three reliable ways to do it and the last two are situational as to the breed and genetics.

....Alan.

 

[pdsavage]

Some times you just have to wait and see,to keep me busy untill they get big enough to tell I find lots more to do.Incubate more eggs, plant lots and lots of edibals,play world of warcraft,read a book and bug my kids....