Paper plane method to sexing chicks?

[stellas mommy]

I was told by someone who raises a lot of chicks, that her fav method was the paper plane method. Its where you make a paper plane, and fly it over your chicks heads. If they duck their girls, if they poke their heads up its a boy.

Has anyone tried/herd of this before?

 

[Kaeta44]

Sounds about right to me!

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[A.T. Hagan]

I predict it has a 100% success rate with a 50% +/- margin for error.

 

[CupOJoe42]

Must have been a meteorologist that came up with that method! Lol

 

[watchdogps]

Sounds about as accurate as the eenie-meenie-miney-mo method!

 

[RedDrgn]

I've heard of things like it, but unless it's a sex-link or vent sexed, it's as accurate as flipping a coin.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
no kidding!

 

[tbridegroom]

I got a 6 inch piece of Cooper wire with a cork on one end and rope on the other u hold it over ne animal or human by the string if he swings back and forth its a male if it goes in a circle its a female ....ive tested it on horses dogs cats and people it hasn't been wrong yet !!!

 

[galanie]

I throw a treat in the air and the first one to catch it is a pullet. I have been right 50% of the time.

I kid. This does sound like one of those things like holding them upside down, dangling a string, etc. 50% margin of error in each case, I say.

 

[AZBootsie]

Several hatches ago I tried tossing a paper plate to see who ducked. It's hard to watch them all at once and they move so fast, you can't tell who ducked or didn't. After a couple of tries, they all just stood there watching the plate.

Now I just use the wait and see method.