Experiment Trying To Hatch More Hens

[Mosey2003]

I'm wondering if it will be allowed to go back to this thread to report my findings on my experiment with trying to hatch mostly hens. Of course the chicks will likely be 8 weeks old before I will be able to know hen from Roo. That's if they even hatch. And the eggs have been in the incubator since Feb 19th so due to hatch March 11th. So that will be a while. Is that allowed? Or will I be required to start another thread?

You mean post? As in, go back and add the results to your first post? Sadly, I've tried to do that before and you can't - edit is only allowed for a small amount of time. So you'll just have to make a new post when you know.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I hatch refrigerated eggs alot, & get mostly females. But I think it may just have to do with what gender the hen chooses her OffSpring too be rather then the fridge.

 

[Mosey2003]

It will be interesting to see what I get out of my first hatch this year, the temps have been low all week while I've been collecting.

 

[K0k0shka]

I've heard this theory before but explained with people (men that work in refrigeration all seem to have daughters).

Interesting how northern countries aren't populated by mostly women then

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Interesting how northern countries aren't populated by mostly women then

Arr! That is a good point! Maybe the northmen are climatised? Our friend works in refridgeration, has 3 girls and another on the way. His boss has all girls as do his co workers with kids. It's their little joke its from being in the cold all day. But theres probably more to it

 

[Molpet]

My brother works in refrigeration and has 2 daughters


I think sperm in a body is different than a fertilized egg though

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Yes definitely! I'm sure theres alot more to it then just the cold, but as far as the eggs go, its just abit of fun and curiosity

 

[K0k0shka]

Arr! That is a good point! Maybe the northmen are climatised? Our friend works in refridgeration, has 3 girls and another on the way. His boss has all girls as do his co workers with kids. It's their little joke its from being in the cold all day. But theres probably more to it

Anecdotal evidence can be very misleading. That's still a very small sample size. Odd things like that happen, but on a wider population scale, it evens out. Wouldn't make sense otherwise because temperatures vary significantly in different parts of the world, some being always hot and others always cold, and yet, both people and animals have balanced genders in their populations everywhere in the world.

What does influence gender outcomes, to some extent, is severe stress. This has been shown after major events like wars. Female embryos are just more resilient. But I doubt working in refrigeration counts as severe stress (plus, that was about embryos already in the womb, not sperm in the man's body). I don't think sperm cells themselves differ in resilience between each other, before they even leave the man... Fertilized eggs, on the other hand, are in another category altogether, and their embryos may be susceptible to stress like unborn babies are. I'm still not convinced that refrigeration would count as severe stress though. But who knows. I'd be interested to read an actual study on the matter, not just anecdotal evidence.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Yes, it is only an old wives tale. But it would be interesting to see a much larger scale.

 

[BroodyCluck]

You mean post? As in, go back and add the results to your first post? Sadly, I've tried to do that before and you can't - edit is only allowed for a small amount of time. So you'll just have to make a new post when you know.

Ok thank you. I see some old articles is why I asked. No problem just starting new.