Okies in the BYC The Original

[Buckguy20]

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Steph, You work too hard.
Take a break.
I am the one that runs people off, not you.

 

[CityClucks]

Elkhunter - vent sexing chicks is an art (or maybe science) and if done incorrectly can harm the chick. Some breeds are sex-linked, meaning the color of the baby chick is a dead giveaway as to its gender. Some people have good luck feather-sexing young ones - mostly the traditional barnyard breeds. Silkies are nearly impossible to sex, so I hear. So in short, it can be very difficult to sex chicks depending on the breeds you have. What breeds are you wanting to sex?

 

[nnbreeder]

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So do you just have to wait until they grow up or what? I see people advertising pullet chicks?

A profesional sexer must sex 10,000 chicks with a 90% accuracy before they get to work alone. If I remember right there are like 27 or 29 different configurations of the organs when vent sexing. That is why the sex-links were devoloped, more more reliable. There are also a few breeds that can be sexed by the wing feathers but it must be done on the first or second day.

 

[Buckguy20]

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So do you just have to wait until they grow up or what? I see people advertising pullet chicks?

They vent sex them at hatcheries and claim a 90% success rate.
I think there is a book
Storey's Guide to Sexing Chicks

 

[faerielady]

Well, I'm awake... and looks like the repairs I made in the dark to the coop (they were relatively minor, but I am of the "take no chances" school of thought) made it through the night. I'm cooking mash for the chickens... should be done here in a few. This cold wet icky crap needs to go AWAY.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Steph, You work too hard.
Take a break.
I am the one that runs people off, not you.

I do my fair share of running people off, lol.
I keep trying to take a break but something always needs to be done, just need to train the kids alittle more I guess.
I was sleeping so good last night until Carl thought he would play a funny on me at 1:30 this morning and I couldnt go back to sleep for an hour. I owe him big time!

 

[faerielady]

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J doesn't mess with me when I sleep. He says I'm evil.

 

[Elkhunter]

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RIR Barred Rock, and buff orp.

 

[nnbreeder]

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RIR Barred Rock, and buff orp.

Well there ya go, put a BR rooster over a RIR hen and make red sex-links.

 

[Elkhunter]

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RIR Barred Rock, and buff orp.

Well there ya go, put a BR rooster over a RIR hen and make red sex-links.

sorry, explain this sex-links. My three breeds are seperated but what is the deal with sex-links?