Easy! 98% way to sex chicks.

[BunnyMomma]

I have found a way to sex most chicks and thought I'd share!

When they are about 3 days old, you can feel the comb area just above the beak,
if it is indented in is usually a pullet.

If it is bumpy, it is a roo.

So far it has been accurate in almost all of the chicks. Try it and see if it works for you!
Bunny

 

[peterlund]

Sexing is 100% accurate with my method.






Yes that is right... I said 100%!!!!


Ready.



Take notes.


OK... Here goes.




WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE 16 WEEKS OLD... I can sex them with absolute accuracy!


Had to do it.

This thread was getting too hostile.

P.S. My Mother still swears she can guess the sex of babies in vitro... She is wrong 50% of the time, but we humor her... Some on this board need more humor in their lives....

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Well, one method that is sometimes absolutely certain to guarantee accurate gender identification, is to name the bird. Infallably Luci, Susan & Elizabeth will start crowing with great pride, while Ralph, Gary & William will lay stunningly feminine eggs.

 

[sheila3935]

I have some in the incubator right now. If they hatch I will try that. I know at 3 weeks I can usually tell boys from girls by the comb. Only works with straight comb though. Although I have a silkie cross that at about 4 weeks I knew he was a boy by his comb and he has a pea comb, not a walnut like most silkies but then again he is a mix.

 

[usschicago1]

Yes I agree we all learn and if you cannot tell someone nicely please move along. You should thank them for trying to help all our sexing easier

-Mark

 

[Crickett B]

Quote:
LOL So true!

 

[Connor99]

what you copied is true my incubator sucked realy bad

any ways you are right about the temperator change i got all males now all i hear is crowing all night and day

but i do know about one way u could easly sex chicks of any way

and this is for real try it

hold them by there scruff like a cat holds its baby
males curl up

females hang loose LOL POULTRY ROCK

 

[AmySG]

The scientist in me now I want to do a big scientific study and collect my own data. Use ALL methods on a number of chick batches, adding data on temperature and maybe even hormone fluctuation over time. This would take at least a sample size of about 500 chicks and reproducible across at least three studies to have a data set large enough for analysis.......

Of course, afterwards I would be swimming in chickens.....

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Interesting....well if nothing else at east it is a NEW way. I'll try it with the next hatch!

 

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