Hen to Rooster hatching ratio

[sweetshoplady]

I hope this is in the right place

Is it a 50/50 chance of an egg being a rooster or a hen or are hens more common?

 

[silkiechicken]

50/50

Sometimes better luck than others, but ultimately 50/50

 

[mustangsaguaro]

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I guess I was lucky when my husband and I moved to the property we are on there was a hen w/ 10 babies (she hatched them herself) that were left when we got here. There were 8 females and 2 males out of the 10. Guess I was lucky.

I am getting some eggs from Dipsy, Eggchel and from an ebay auction I won. I am hoping (keeping fingers crossed) that there will be more females than males.


Kim

 

[Bantymama]

Last spring i hatched out 7 eggs i got 5 roos and 2 hens. Then the same hen went broody and she had 9 eggs and hatched 5 roos and 4 hens. Same roo for both batchs. On the second batch i was able to tell what they were after a week old by the color and pattern of the chicks.

 

[NYREDS]

50/50 over time or in large numbers. It's an average and can vary greatly in smal samples.
I once got 3 dozen Bantam R I Red eggs. They hatched great- 33 of the 36 hatched.............

29 Cockerels and 4 Pullets.

 

[silkiechicken]

Yes, averages over big numbers... I hatched out 18 leghorns once. 50/50.... then hatched out 6 silkies... 5 boys!!!!!

 

[coopist]

LOL, NYREDS on 29 cockerels. Yep, it's just like a coin toss, a 50/50 chance each toss. It's possible to toss that coin and come up with heads 20 times in a row. Not likely, but possible.

I will add this: there's been some talk on other boards about nutrition playing a role. Because, apparently, there's some evidence that well-fed hens produce slightly more female offspring. Now, don't quote me on that. I only remember seeing it discussed a bit. Maybe someone else knows more about it.

 

[Laurel09]

I know this is an old post, but maybe i can add my experience

i live in zimbabwe and here it seems like hatching a rooster is the hardest thing. Not only to me but to almost all chicken keepers i know, the probability of getting a rooster out a hatch of 10 chicks is close to zero. Roosters here a very expensive and if you need 1 you will probably need an insane amount of money as compared to that you will get a hen for. The cash you pay to get a young rooster is enough to buy you about 4 full grown hens here.

I don't know why its like that but that's how it is here. And i myself wish to hatch a rooster someday because i have never hatched one before out of 7 successful. hatches i have had .

 

[Jimray]

I know this is an old post, but maybe i can add my experience

i live in zimbabwe and here it seems like hatching a rooster is the hardest thing. Not only to me but to almost all chicken keepers i know, the probability of getting a rooster out a hatch of 10 chicks is close to zero. Roosters here a very expensive and if you need 1 you will probably need an insane amount of money as compared to that you will get a hen for. The cash you pay to get a young rooster is enough to buy you about 4 full grown hens here.

I don't know why it’s like that but that's how it is here. And i myself wish to hatch a rooster someday because i have never hatched one before out of 7 successful. hatches i have had .

I wonder if it’s due to the heat is it not very hot there all the time I know in some reptiles heat will produce more females cold will produce more males

 

[nuthatched]

I wonder if it’s due to the heat is it not very hot there all the time I know in some reptiles heat will produce more females cold will produce more males

Chickens are not some sorts of reptiles.
However the hens genes can determine the gender spilt of her babies.