how hatheries tell sex.....

[pozarnsk]

I've seen alot of posts around here of people trying to tell roosters in the first say 5 weeks. Seems its very hard to do with alot of breeds, and that got me to wondering since I ordered day olds and requested all pullets, how the hatcheries can do this right away when they are hatched when we can't figure it out at 5 weeks?????

Are they magic?

 

[silkiechicken]

They either do vent or feather sexing. Vent sexing takes lots of skill, feather sexing takes setting up breeding pairs so you have slow feather mails with fast feather females.

 

[ravenfeathers]

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they're a little more invasive.

 

[pozarnsk]

aaahhhh, makes sense. Thanks.

 

[glowworm]

Dirty Jobs episode at McMurray hatchery:

How it's Made episode on sexing chicks.