Sexing Eggs Experiment

[lilchik]

I have decided to try an experiment. I have found sexing chicks with the magnet on a string to be pretty accurate, not 100%, but probably 90%. I am getting ready to set 36 Rhode Island Red Eggs in the incubator and it occurs to me to try the magnet on a string on the eggs. I got a definate reaction to the eggs, circle or back and forth in a line. I am going to mark the eggs with pencil for pullet or cockerel and when the eggs are ready to move to the hatching bators I will put them in seperate bators. After hatching I will again try the magnet to sex them and then just wait as they grow to determine the actual sex. I am interested to see the results!

Any one else ever try this or anything similar? Any input?

 

[BrattishTaz]

I'm not sure how a magnet would help in determining sex but I'll be following your thread.

 

[Lark Rise]

LOL!
When I was a kid in school, in Asia, I remember being told of this method of sexing, but it was for pregnant women.

 

[RHB]

sounds interesting, looking forward to hearing the results

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Very interesting... I'll be watching!

 

[josh]

You got a 50% chance of it being right. It dosen't work though.

 

[Spookwriter]

An old farmer told me this one yesterday...

The more "pointy" eggs are certain roosters, verses the more
"rounder' shapes as being hens.

I have no ideal to the merits of that claim.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

If you can find a way of sexing chickens anywhere it has been tested on here. Vent sexing works as does breeding in sex-linked traits. No egg shape or magnet with be able to tell weather or not a W chromosome is there.

 

[Spookwriter]

Pointy eggs, round eggs, magnet on a string...

As Josh said, each guess is a 50-50 chance.

The next batch I'm going to hedge my bets... using the Ouija board.

My wife wanted to use the Magic 8 Ball, but it's not her turn to be in charge.

 

[dmiravalle]

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Not sure, they stick their head by it for about 1/2 a second, my husbad swears it is a scanner to sex the chicks!! I tried to say no.