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There are definitely exceptions to the rule. I had a hen brood 9 eggs last summer, she hatched 9 out of 9 and they all turned out to be pullets. However, I hatch an average of 300 eggs a year and it evens out to about 50/50.This has nothing to do with myths, but someone once gave me a dozen hatching eggs. I put them under a broody hen. They all hatched. They were also all roosters. Every single one. Never had that happen to me before or since. I don't remember now what season I hatched them and I don't remember what shape the eggs were, but I do remember how disappointed I was. In my wildest dreams it never occurred to me I would not get even one pullet out of that dozen eggs.