Does Anyone Know How to Sex Cochins at Birth

[usschicago1]

Hello,
I Have some cochin and buckeye(both bantam) eggs hatching soon. Does anyone know how to accurately sex these as day old?
Thanks
Mark

 

[InsaneBreeder]

I don't think it's possible. With the cochins you can begin to guess around 2 weeks to 2 month.

 

[usschicago1]

Quote:
Darn

Theres gotta be a way,the hatcheries sex them with okay accuracy!

 

[SED]

You would need to learn how to vent sex them.

 

[gmendoza]

vent sexing is an art form of itself.

 

[HBuehler]

I have sexed the cochins at birth the same way as my other chicks..pick one up ask it are you a boy..if so it's one chirp if it's a girl two chirps you know the girls always have to have the last word..and it's been accurate 50% of the time

bantams are sold straight run at hatcheries they don't sex them although MPC claims to not sure how well they do.

 

[usschicago1]

O well It was worth a shot. Thaks Everybody!

 

[InsaneBreeder]

Quote:
Darn

Theres gotta be a way,the hatcheries sex them with okay accuracy!

The hatcheries sex standard chicks accurately, but the bantams are too small to be vent sexed, and so if you look up any random hatchery, you will see that all bantams are sold as straight-run only.

 

[jen5680]

 

[bantybev]

Quote:
Darn

Theres gotta be a way,the hatcheries sex them with okay accuracy!

The hatcheries sex standard chicks accurately, but the bantams are too small to be vent sexed, and so if you look up any random hatchery, you will see that all bantams are sold as straight-run only.

Actually MYPetChicken sexes bantams
http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Bantams-c46.aspx