Mask to quick birds for DNA?

[the_peep_squad]

I think they mean cutting lightly into that nerve of blood that is usually in the nail to get a few drops of blood

Yes. The test requires 2-4 drops of blood per chick.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Okay, that's much better. I thought you wanted to remove the toe for cosmetic reasons. I would do the 5th toe then since there won't be pressure put on it to make it sore

 

[rosemarythyme]

You can also send in feathers for DNA tests, though I don't know if chick down has enough root material to use. But last time I had a bird DNA sexed we plucked about 5 feathers from her chest and sent that in.

 

[BDutch]

Wow. Never heard of DNA testing for gender with chicks. How expensive is it?

I could give cockerel chicks back to the seller (4) and could re-home cockerels chicks from my broodies (8) without any problem.

 

[Shezadandy]

Wow. Never heard of DNA testing for gender with chicks. How expensive is it?

I could give cockerel chicks back to the seller (4) and could re-home cockerels chicks from my broodies (8) without any problem.

Here are a couple:

http://www.accu-metrics.com/avian.php
http://www.healthgene.com/avian-dna-testing/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I totally get testing silkied cause they take forever, but most other birds I don't see the point

 

[the_peep_squad]

You can also send in feathers for DNA tests, though I don't know if chick down has enough root material to use. But last time I had a bird DNA sexed we plucked about 5 feathers from her chest and sent that in.

I was worried about not getting thecrig

Wow. Never heard of DNA testing for gender with chicks. How expensive is it?

I could give cockerel chicks back to the seller (4) and could re-home cockerels chicks from my broodies (8) without any problem.

Average is $13 per test.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Wow. Never heard of DNA testing for gender with chicks. How expensive is it?

I think I paid $20 for 1 bird last time, don't recall which lab I used.

I totally get testing silkied cause they take forever, but most other birds I don't see the point

Well... some people (*ahem*myhusband) get very nervous about being attached to a bird only to find out later it's a male and they can't keep it. So after one of our first chicks turned out to be male, he bugged me to test the others. I tested one of them, haven't done it since.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yeah, o guess if you can't have a rooster it could come in handy. I have enough space that I can keep as many roosters as I want provided they don't get mean