DNA Testing to determine sex of Silkies

[SAKim]

Well, I wanted to finish out this thread.... First, thanks everyone for all your support.
Skully ended up being a rooster. He crowed earlier this week. Broke my heart and made me cry but at least now I know for sure.

So, everyone that said Rooster, you were right.

For the few of you that said there was a chance Skully was a hen, thanks for giving me a little hope ... He is really special to me!

 

[Silkiemom1]

DNA sexing is pretty easy and straight forward. You could always pick out your 3 favorite of the suspected hens and have their sex verified by DNA rather than sex all of them. Maybe that will make it more affordable since a lot of people wouldn't want to spend $20-$25 to sex a chicken. It is about as close to perfectly accurate as you can get though. I have had more birds DNA sexed than I can count and they have always been correct.

Which test did you use? I’ve been researching and reviews are great foe the products I’ve found.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Which test did you use? I’ve been researching and reviews are great foe the products I’ve found.

Hi!
Welcome to BYC.
You are responding to a post from 2010.

Thankfully DNA testing has gone down a bit in price since then. I personally have used IQ genetics out of Miami, Florida with excellent results. Great customer service and so far 100% accuracy.