May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[Jehri]

I wonder if the washer/ ring is the opposite because of the weight or composition of metals?

 

[kelseyk]

Okay this is another new one . Someone explain!

Do you have pictures I’ve then talked about but haven’t ever seen them

The nail test, or the ring test....you put a nail or ring (or I am using a metal washer) on a string and dangle it over the chick. Then the nail or ring will either sway back and forth in a straight line or make a circle. There is a bit of controversy over what pattern means what. Lots of sites say that a straight line is a boy and a circle is a girl, but a couple other sites and my tests on myself, my dog, auto sexing chicks show the opposite - circle is a boy and line is a girl. I also have a theory that if you hold the chick (if under 3 weeks or more of a bantam size) while you do it that it will pick up your own personal magnetism as it overpowers the small chicks. I am doing an experiment with it just for fun and posted videos in a previous post doing it to 2 of my Bielefelders (Auto sexing so already know what they are) and a 4 day old chick.

 

[Jehri]

Does anybody have a magnetic nail and a washer to compare both on the same bird? I had a hard enough time finding a nail. All of my exotics checked out with the nail

 

[kelseyk]

I wonder if the washer/ ring is the opposite because of the weight or composition of metals?

LOL! Now I will have to go find a nail and try it to compare! LOL!

 

[kelseyk]

My daughter wants me to try the ring/nail test on an egg now too. LOL! I think it would be possible to pick up something at candeling on day 18. Going to try it on the next set of eggs (Her Svart Honas are on day 12.

 

[Knighstar679]

I did this with my newly hatched chicks and just to test to make sure I used my auto sexed welsh harliquin before i did it on the black east indies.

Boy

Girl

I found with the very young ducklings that I had to keep it right over their heads. If they moved a lot the screw moved to and changed the reading. I did it on all my ducklings in the house. Was exciting to play with.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

He did, but the site I found says the opposite. (https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/ring-gender-test#how-to-do-it). I just did another search and found both circle/boy;line/girl and circle/girl;line/boy sites. I tested it on myself (line....and no, I am not pregnant), and on my female dog (line), and one of my 3 week old BCM's is already getting a pretty good comb and wattles with a red hue already (circle). So this is the way I am going to go for my experiment.

Well thanks for doing the extra leg work! Lol

 

[kelseyk]

Well thanks for doing the extra leg work! Lol

I'm having fun with this! LOL!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

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One mutt out and 32 (foreground) is zipping. So many pips and chirps. There are down sides to the incubator being in your office. Very distracted.View attachment 2121336

Very exciting!!!

 

[Minky]

Ok. I officially have all of my incubators going at the same time. Had a mishap so had to wait a few days for the third one.

In incubator 1: 15 turkey eggs-they are heritage mixes (bourbon red Tom with a gray and a bronze hen)
In incubator 2 and 3: backyard mixes with lots of variety from my neighbors!

72 chicken eggs in total and 15 turkeys. Incubator 1 and 2 will hatch around the same time and 3 will hatch a few days after the first... kind of give me a breather between hatches, since hatch day is my favorite View attachment 2121203

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Awesome. What did you make the big incubator from?