Chick sex

[3eagles]

I’ve Incubated 18 ISA Brown eggs, they have started to hatch and so far I have 9 roosters and no pullets. Is this normal for the ISA Brown breed and if so how do I make pullets? With odds like this I need to go to the race track. Thanks, Charlie

 

[sylviethecochin]

Welcome to BYC!

Are they first-generation Isa's from a hatchery, or are they second generation?

It's normal for every breed to sometimes have a very skewed ratio, and 55% of the chicks that hatch are boys, even under normal circumstances. And no, you can't do anything to stop it. Your case is pretty bad, but I know a man who hatched eleven roosters and one hen out of a dozen eggs.

Right now, I have twenty-nine chicks, sixteen of which are definitely cockerels. Bottom line: If you want to avoid roosters, don't incubate.