Eggs.....

[MemaDeb]

I was told that you can tell the gender that a chick will be by the shape of the egg, pointed would be a cockrel and rounded would be a pullet. Is there any fact to this? Also if you have several breeds, does the chick carry more traits of the Men or the Rooster?

Thanks! Deb

 

[LikeTurkeys]

That's an old wive's tale. You can't tell the gender of a chick by looking at an egg. The most reliable way to sex a young chick is by vent sexing (works on all breeds except for maybe bantams), feather sexing (but this only applies to certain breeds! e.g. Leghorns) or if the chick is sex-linked, by looking at it's down color (auto-sexing) or the head spot (if present and an applicable breed).

By 5-6 weeks you should be able to spot any cockerels that pop up, so when your chicks are that age you can post pictures here to see what gender they are.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Is there any fact to this?

Hi there, welcome to BYC!

That's PURE fallacy.

But.. keep track of your results and report them on one of the many threads regarding the subject.

When breeding chickens whether or not the offspring get certain genes for the dame or the sire depends on WHICH gene we are discussing.

 

[MemaDeb]

That's an old wive's tale. You can't tell the gender of a chick by looking at an egg. The most reliable way to sex a young chick is by vent sexing (works on all breeds except for maybe bantams), feather sexing (but this only applies to certain breeds! e.g. Leghorns) or if the chick is sex-linked, by looking at it's down color (auto-sexing) or the head spot (if present and an applicable breed).

By 5-6 weeks you should be able to spot any cockerels that pop up, so when your chicks are that age you can post pictures here to see what gender they are.

Thank you for that info! I will do that!

 

[sourland]

Since a hen generally lays the same shape egg every time, that would mean she only produces one gender chick - ain't gonna happen. Logic shall prevail.