How accurate are sexed chicks?

[Iluveggers]

I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have 15 chicks that I’ll be picking up next month, and I ordered all girls only because I’m a newbie & at too nervous to worry about hatching eggs until I get a little more comfortable!
How many times do breeders get it wrong? Are there breeds more susceptible to mistakes?
I’m getting: Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Gold Wyandotte & Americana.
Im so excited & keeping my fingers crossed.
Thank you!

 

[Painted Calls]

Where are you buying them from?

 

[cherrynberry]

I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have 15 chicks that I’ll be picking up next month, and I ordered all girls only because I’m a newbie & at too nervous to worry about hatching eggs until I get a little more comfortable!
How many times do breeders get it wrong? Are there breeds more susceptible to mistakes?
I’m getting: Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Gold Wyandotte & Americana.
Im so excited & keeping my fingers crossed.
Thank you!

From a hatchery, it’s usuallly 90% accurate. I got one rooster out of 10 chicks. For breeders, it may be worse or better.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

It depends where they’re from.

 

[cherrynberry]

I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have 15 chicks that I’ll be picking up next month, and I ordered all girls only because I’m a newbie & at too nervous to worry about hatching eggs until I get a little more comfortable!
How many times do breeders get it wrong? Are there breeds more susceptible to mistakes?
I’m getting: Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Gold Wyandotte & Americana.
Im so excited & keeping my fingers crossed.
Thank you!

It sounds like you are getting them from a breeder? Well, I wouldn’t expect them to be as accurate as a hatchery. Many people on BYC end up with cockerels when buying from breeders somehow.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have 15 chicks that I’ll be picking up next month, and I ordered all girls only because I’m a newbie & at too nervous to worry about hatching eggs until I get a little more comfortable!
How many times do breeders get it wrong? Are there breeds more susceptible to mistakes?
I’m getting: Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Gold Wyandotte & Americana.
Im so excited & keeping my fingers crossed.
Thank you!

15? I would guess you’ll have at least 1 cockerel.
The ratio is 9 out of 10 times they’re right.

 

[Iluveggers]

Where are you buying them from?

I am picking up at Catch A Torii Farms, which runs The Poultry Hatchery in NY.

 

[Painted Calls]

It sounds like you are getting them from a breeder? Well, I wouldn’t expect them to be as accurate as a hatchery. Many people on BYC end up with cockerels when buying from breeders somehow.

Agreed.

 

[Painted Calls]

I am picking up at Catch A Torii Farms, which runs The Poultry Hatchery in NY.

I would assume they'll have about a 90% accuracy then. You'll have to post your results here once they're old enough.

 

[nuthatched]

Oo, 15 chicks is a lot for a newbie. Hatchery sexed chicks are about 90% correct. You don't have to worry about hatching eggs at all, just don't do it. But roosters can be a handful first round.