can someone please let me know some of the myths that are out there on telling the gender of young chicks and how they are supposed to work. also if you have tried the method a min of 5 times on at least up to 10 chicks (50 chicks total) please let me know how the chicks turned out. this info will also be put on the central louisiana poultry club facebook page. here are some the notes i have on facebook right now: https://www.facebook.com/CentralLouisianaPoultryClub?sk=notes however if you don't have a facebook to sign onto you will not be able to see each and every note
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.
with this one i hear they have to be fairly young like 1-5 days old and i have read this does work fairly well i have never tried for fear of hurting the chick
i have yet to come across a fast feathering breed and this is a lot more complicated than it sounds lol
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?