Old Wives Tales on Sexing day old chicks - Kid's Science project - help w/ more myths?

[galanie]

hey, i think it actually worked! the 3 chicks I thought where hens ran to it, and the ones i think are rosters just stood back!

 

put a credit card in the brooder, the pullets will run directly to it.

They were just discussing how glad they were that wasn't their name on those cards!

 

[gg706]

I am due to get Araucanas in April....Does the feather profiling work( long and short=female, all same =male) on Araucanas.....not EE or Americanas but true Araucanas????

 

[silkymom1986]

put a credit card in the brooder, the pullets will run directly to it.

haha, funny that it actually worked, lol

I am interested to find out your results!!

 

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It might be the hens just run to the food before the rosters/ are more friendly.

haha, funny that it actually worked, lol

I am interested to find out your results!!

 

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I'm not sure if it really works I have 3 pure bred chicks ( parents are supposed to be Araucanas) and 2 half Araucanas, but 2 of the chicks by day 7 I can really tell the difference in wing feather length (way shorter than the other 3 chicks feathers).

I am due to get Araucanas in April....Does the feather profiling work( long and short=female, all same =male) on Araucanas.....not EE or Americanas but true Araucanas????

 

[the1much]

i used to have this old spanish lady that would come and buy chicks. always grabbed them by the head and held there to see which ones fought and which ones jus stretched out and hung there,, the fighters kicking away was suppose to be the roo's.. by the amount of roo's she always brought back to me,, her method wasnt so good lol

 

[TexasLea]

Darn! Wish I would have seen this thread sooner. We homeschool and I totally could have passed off getting the chicks as a necessary science experiment to my husband!

I see this thread started awhile back, were there ever any final results posted? I've got a chick that's driving me nuts wondering what it is. I might have to run a few of these tests on it myself.

 

[animallover505]

I want to follow this tread, I'm interested.

 

[critterkeeper83]

So far I haven't seen anyone post my grandma's method of sexing chicks but in my limited experience she has been right 100% of the time. Best yet this method is not cruel or harmful as some other methods are (seriously what's next? throw them and the bouncy ones are boys? just because big hactcheries do it does not mean it's ok).
This method is so simple I cannot believe no one else has used it. I am not sure how early this method works but we have used it on chicks that are just starting to get their adult feathers. This method does require the chicks are used to being handled and are not already squawking in alarm.
Simply tug or tap on their tail. That's it! A male will caw or fuss while a female will remain silent. As I said in my limited experience (10) she was right 100%.

 

[chicken madd]

i sometimes check by the feathers on there back. when they start to get there adult feathers the females have rounded feathers the males have pointed ones. hope this helps x