sexing myths...

One myth I've heard is that if you pick a chick up by the neck a male will squirm and a female won't, Naturally this doesn't work.

 

I have heard that a pointy egg is a girl and rounded egg is a boy.

 

Wing feather-sexing does not hold true for many breeds that are fast feathering.

 

I've heard if you wave a hat over chicks that are under three days old the males will be scared and hide but the females won't (I'm pretty sure that's how it goes...). Just for fun I tried it with some new chicks last week and they all ran under mama, but they all died a few days later, so I guess we'll never know.........................

Here's some links: http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=509

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/95/sexing-chicks-in-the-backyard-flock

 

Someone here told me that if you hold a young chick on it's back that girls will tuck their legs up and boys will stick them out straight. It worked on our first 10 chicks, but we also has 2 chicks that had one leg out and one leg tucked. They both turned out to be girls.

Of our current 7 chicks - two did stick their legs out and I do happen to have two boys...but I have no idea if they were the same two chicks...

 

I've heard if you throw a paper airplane over a group of chicks, the females will duck down, and the males will stand up straight.

 

I once heard that if it lays eggs it's a girl, if it doesn't then it's a boy, but that can't be true. Could it?