Sexing eggs!

[lazy gardener]

Adding an other layer to the learning curve/experimentation??? Ok, then! It would be great if she had some sex linked chicks to practice vent sexing on. IMO, that would be the best way to learn that technique!

 

[lindalouly]

I wasn't trying to be mean by any way. I don't know her experience with sexing. But jotting down the outcome and then waiting it out isn't going to change the true out come. My best regards to you.

 

[lazy gardener]

I did not take your response as mean at all. We're all good. Typed responses are more difficult than conversation, yes? B/c facial expressions, gestures are missing, and there's not the active back and forth going on for clarification. Learning how to vent sex would be a great tool, but... I know I'm not ready to take that plunge yet (sorry... horrid un-intended pun!) I'm not even comfortable doing a digital vent check to determine egg status.

 

[lindalouly]

I don't think I would vent sex but some people here are very experienced. We are good. You are a very passionate person!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

Sometimes too much so. I go straight to the point, often dispensing with the social graces!

 

[lindalouly]

It all part of social networking!! Lol gotta take time to know the personalities of everyone around. I'm super chill and a clown. Goofy is what fits me best. I keep that part down on here though. Lol

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm setting some backyard mix eggs tonight (along with a couple other breeds), but of the mixes, I'm doing 4 very round eggs, and 1 pointy egg. As soon as that little pointy one hatches, I'm banding its leg with a blue zip-tie. Then I'll see if he grows up and crows.
3 of the round eggs came from the same hen. I can tell hers because she is the only one that lays a pretty rosy pinkish/brown colored egg. I very rarely get a pointy one from her.

 

[lazy gardener]

Be sure you post your outcome. We should have a lot of data to work with in spring.

 

[WVduckchick]

Will do!

 

[abqchicken]

Interesting thread!

To add to the myth-busting potential it looks like the egg sets the sex of the chick (unlike in humans):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system

It is plausible that a characteristic of an egg could be an indication of the sex of the chick since the egg determines the sex and not the roo.