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Montanomom3 said:
Yes we have gotten straight run chicks before and 3 ended up being roosters. I am hoping that we didn’t end up with any roosters this time. I will def post when they get bigger. I had heard if they waddle it’s an indication but i have not noticed any so far. But they are only 8 days old now.
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Straight run chicks are mixed boys and girls (50%). Just like a lottery, your choices can fall in your favor or against.

Sexed pullets have been vent sexed at the hatchery at a day old to separate boys and girls. So buying pullets is the best way to get girls (10% margin of error)

All hatching eggs are basically "straight run" as there's no way to tell the difference. Although a new technology is being developed that can test the egg before incubation, but it's probably expensive and so far only hatcheries may get to use it in order to avoid culling just-hatched males.
https://www.poultryworld.net/Geneti...-to-identify-gender-in-hatching-eggs-357621E/

There's a bazillion myths about how to tell gender in chicks, but just a few are actually accurate: vent sexing and feather sexing (at day old) and sex-linkage (hybrids in which male and female are different colors). There's also a few auto-sexing breeds with slight pattern/color variations, including Bielefelder and Barred Rock. Otherwise you'll have to wait for male traits to show up... early comb/wattle development, larger legs, pointy hackle/saddle feathers, reddish wing bars etc). I hope the odds are in your favor!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...o-improving-your-identification-skills.73445/
 
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FlappyFeathers said:
Straight run chicks are mixed boys and girls (50%). Just like a lottery, your choices can fall in your favor or against.

Sexed pullets have been vent sexed at the hatchery at a day old to separate boys and girls. So buying pullets is the best way to get girls (10% margin of error)

All hatching eggs are basically "straight run" as there's no way to tell the difference. Although a new technology is being developed that can test the egg before incubation, but it's probably expensive and so far only hatcheries may get to use it in order to avoid culling just-hatched males.
https://www.poultryworld.net/Geneti...-to-identify-gender-in-hatching-eggs-357621E/

There's a bazillion myths about how to tell gender in chicks, but just a few are actually accurate: vent sexing and feather sexing (at day old) and sex-linkage (hybrids in which male and female are different colors). There's also a few auto-sexing breeds with slight pattern/color variations, including Bielefelder and Barred Rock. Otherwise you'll have to wait for male traits to show up... early comb/wattle development, larger legs, pointy hackle/saddle feathers, reddish wing bars etc). I hope the odds are in your favor!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...o-improving-your-identification-skills.73445/
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Thank you. Yes i am ok with the risk we love hatching. We did check their feathers at a day old and we think 1 is a rooster and the rest are hens but time will tell! We do have a barred rock maybe i could post now to see! And i have 3 bielefelders in the incubator. Hoping for some hens!
 
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