Easy! 98% way to sex chicks.

[Cowgirl71]

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I'll try this on my sex-link chicks next spring and let ya'll know what I find!

BunnyMomma: What breeds/comb types have you used this method on???

 

[peterlund]

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Thanks Texas Girl!

 

[daze333]

I had to share a few sexing tips that a guy gave me and swears by! I will warn you these are...um...different. On the day they hatch he lifts the chick by the the head (I could never bring myself to try this one) and a female will stop peeping after about 10 seconds and the males will not stop peeping.

The other one has to do with suspending a bead on a string above the chicks head and see if it swings in a circle or side to side. I cannot remember what each means as I found no dependability in it.

Just thought I would ad these funny thoughts.

Petelund-great method!!

 

[Raven81]

i tryed this with a pendulum & it went in a circle above 3 chicks & back & forth on the fourth chick.
well a few weeks on & i have had 1 die, & it looks like i have 2 girls & 1 boy. ( they are now 9 wks old )

added: i tryed it over some young calves that i had in the shed & knew there sex it went in circle over the girls & back n forth over boys but it was other way round on the chicks.

 

[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

 

[hinkjc]

In the majority of situations (with most of these old wives tales) you have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Just like if you closed your eyes and pointed at a chicken and guessed which sex. With a statistically valid sample, 50% of the time you'll be right.

For feather sexing (as done by hatcheries), you have to breed for it to work. Fast feathering male to slow feathering female produces slow feathering males (with the single row) and fast feathering females.

The most reliable method is vent sexing, but you need to be an expert at it to get it right.

I agree with the person who waits to sex them based on maturing sexual characteristics - I can usually do this much younger than 16 wks, but by 16 wks you should be pretty sure of your method.

 

[tdgill]

I personally liked "hogwash" and a "load of trash" and I think that you being called rude IS RUDE. Was very nice of you to apologize just the same.

 

[gryeyes]

I was amazed that peterlund could perform that test at 16 weeks, because I need at least 18 weeks to be ABSOLUTELY sure.

 

[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.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

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