Sexing eggs!

[gimmie birdies]

So I have a really pointy one (white) and a really round one, (lower row blue) I will keep you up dated on this hatch.

All have been bred with a dark brahma mixed roo.


2 dark top row BCM/blue isbar (I don't know if they are fertile.), white is WCBP, 3 top right are from blue isbars, great big eggs for a small hen. bottom row I am pretty sure are fertile, 2 olives are from a blue frizzle, 2 tan are from a hen half blue isbar and half australorp, and the little round blue I believe is from an isbar/EE-isbar

 

[the jolly onion]

I am setting a mix of eggs on friday! The sfh eggs come from my ladies, and ill set all but make a log of what hatches from what egg and ill just go by egg shape for the bunch of shipped eggs that come in. Ill update when i have details/data

 

[lindalouly]

Lazy Gardener... I tried to sex the chicks by their wings but honestly they all look the same to me one layer of tall tips and a second of shorter... so my question is at what age is it easiest to figure out the sex of the bird by outside factors. Im too scared to vent sex....

 

[lazy gardener]

It all depends on the chicken and how well you know the breed you are working with. Some of the heritage birds are not sexable until they are 5 months old! While, leghorns and some other breeds can be sexed as early as 3 weeks old, going by subtle differences in comb and wattle growth. Some breeds are auto sexing. Most of the barred and cuckoo patterned birds can be sexed at hatch, if you know what you are looking for. Barn yard mixes are more variable, IMO b/c they have a nice varied gene pool. Often, EE chicks that start sprouting red feathers on the shoulders and breast will be roos. My suggestion would be to go to the threads dealing with the breeds that you have, and start doing some research. Lots of fun reading, if nothing else!

 

[lindalouly]

Will do. I know alot about the Delaware which happens to be the dad.. but Im unsure how the gene pool is going to be with the mix of the other breeds... We guessed Little Jerry seinfeld pretty early on. He had a bright big red comb at 8 weeks.

 

[gimmie birdies]

My rooster was too polite to fertilize these eggs- boo! I have 2 neighbors that should give me some fertile eggs. I am hoping for 7 or so.

 

[lindalouly]

My rooster was too polite to fertilize these eggs- boo! I have 2 neighbors that should give me some fertile eggs. I am hoping for 7 or so.

Good Luck.. Remember seperate them by color and size and the differences might be minute. Hope you get some good eggs.

 

[gimmie birdies]

here are my new 11. I got them from near by farms they had more roosters on their hens then I did. The 5 are blue EE roo on leghorns and production reds. The 6 are blue frizzles and cochins. I marked mostly the 6 for boy-girls.

 

[gimmie birdies]

One of the things I am doing is I will take note where the chick anchors himself in an egg too. I don't know if there is a study on this, but it may be interesting. some embryos chose the top of the egg some the middle.

 

[lazy gardener]

Good eye for detail. Be sure to include that in your data collection. Are you planning on banding your birds?