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[flypen]

Mama abandoned chicks but father still takes care of them. Took photo on wife's phone. I wont let a broken phone stop me!

cool

 

[kingcocker]

Not true I have hens that lay all round or all pointy and a still have males and females. Thats just a myth

I would say that would be based on your perception of the true shape of the eggs. Even myths are based in fact and It doesn't come easy. You have to know your birds and establish a standard in order to use that method. My predecessors have used and passed this method of egg selection as a means to control the years hatch to be stag dominant. My father I can say is about 90% while I am more like 75% in accuracy.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I say it's a myth. No way of knowing. Maybe some are superstitious. Lucky maybe.

 

[JShubin]

Eggs are soft when they are laid.. I can only imagine that environmental factors determine the shape, not the gender of the embryo.

 

[Mr King]

Eggs are soft when they are laid.. I can only imagine that environmental factors determine the shape, not the gender of the embryo.

No, eggs are not soft when are laid. Many people think this because they're wet when laid but that sticky thing(cant remember the name) is to protect egg mainly from bacterias.

 

[JShubin]

No, eggs are not soft when are laid. Many people think this because they're wet when laid but that sticky thing(cant remember the name) is to protect egg mainly from bacterias.

I may be wrong, but I thought eggs are laid semi-soft like the skull of a human baby and harden when exposed to air. This makes it easier for the hen to lay and prevents it from cracking when she drops it (onto other eggs or nest)...

I have seen a hen lay an egg a few times and they appeared semi-soft, but it may have been an optical illusion from the wetness you described.

Now I have to look it up...

 

[Mr King]

I may be wrong, but I thought eggs are laid semi-soft like the skull of a human baby and harden when exposed to air.  This makes it easier for the hen to lay and prevents it from cracking when she drops it (onto other eggs or nest)...

I have seen a hen lay an egg a few times and they appeared semi-soft, but it may have been an optical illusion from the wetness you described.

Now I have to look it up...

Eggs are different, they are already hard by the time are laid. Like i said the wet stuff its to protect egg from bacterias etc. That's why its not recommended to wash eggs.

 

[jeremey]

Mama abandoned chicks but father still takes care of them. Took photo on wife's phone. I wont let a broken phone stop me!

I have a white kelso a hatch and a pumpkin that is doing that

 

[jeremey]

I would say that would be based on your perception of the true shape of the eggs. Even myths are based in fact and I doesn't come easy. You have to know your birds and establish a standard in order to use that method. My predecessors have used and passed this method of egg selection as a means to control the years hatch to be stag dominant. My father I can say is about 90% while I am more like 75% in accuracy.

It works not on all types of chickens but I use it and it's about 80%. last year my sister wanted me to hatch her 20 road island red pullets so I put 24 eggs in the incubator and 23 hatched she raised them up only had two roosters my grandfather showed me how to do it when I was a kid

 

[JShubin]

It works not on all types of chickens but I use it and it's about 80%. last year my sister wanted me to hatch her 20 road island red pullets so I put 24 eggs in the incubator and 23 hatched she raised them up only had two roosters my grandfather showed me how to do it when I was a kid

so is there a trick to convert them to be female? Or did you just select the eggs you thought were female and only incubated those?