odd chick sexing technique, anyone seen this?

[ben_r]

This site shows an interesting method of sexing chicks at two days: pick it up by the base of the neck and hold it there. If it relaxes and droops, it's a pullet. If it moves around and kicks up its feet, it's a cockerel.

Has anyone else heard of this? If it's true, what reason could there be for this behavior?

 

[canada-goose]

Sounds a bit silly to me.

 

[Teach97]

seen folks do it...based on the idea that males are more aggressive and ready to fight

I am right about 50% of the time...

 

[MuranoFarms]

 

[Woods_Woman]

I haven't heard of this method, but I use the magnet on the string method which has worked well for me.

 

[ben_r]

I wonder if I could use the Monty Hall approach...

so if I change my choice, it's a pullet?

 

[A.T. Hagan]

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Ayep.

.....Alan.

 

[speckledhen]

Flip a quarter over the chick. You'll have a 50/50 success rate.

Those crazy sexing methods are just old farmer's tales (I'd say wives, but..) The absolute best method is the "Wait and See" method. Works every single time.

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Yeah I've seen them at the feed store using this "technique" on red sexlink chicks
and demonstrating which were roos.

 

[Teach97]

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my success rate goes up with them...I run about 90%