Quote: I will have legbars hatching each week from here on out starting friday. I think I have 6 eggs in this batch in lockdown now. then 13-15 eggs in the next hatch, then like 20-25 in the next hatch. we'll see what hatches but surely there will be some pullets for sale!
Me TooI will have legbars hatching each week from here on out starting friday. I think I have 6 eggs in this batch in lockdown now. then 13-15 eggs in the next hatch, then like 20-25 in the next hatch. we'll see what hatches but surely there will be some pullets for sale!
Been hatching like crazy. Getting lots of Pullets... So Much fun!!!
I went to a sex selection clinic years ago when I wanted a boy child ( I already had 3 daughters) and it works the same way with humans. The male producing sperm swim faster, but don't live as long. (Timing is the key in humans), but they told me that men who wear tight pants, work with lots of heat or where there is a lot of pressure on the body will tend to produce more females, because the heat and pressure kills off the male producing sperm before it even gets to the female. Anyway, to make a long story short.....I believe there could be some correlation as to the humidity and temperature as the the hatch rate of males to females. The heat/humidity would be the same as heat and pressure to the human sperm. Roos and females each having their own ideal settings. Did I make any sense at all?????I know people that "Stress" their herd sires in cattle and goats to produce more females than males. In mammals the male determines the gender (opposite of birds). They say that the male chromosomes travel faster than the female chromosomes but that they don't live as long. They claim that an "unstressed" herd sire will produce more male off because the males chromosomes reach the egg before the females chromosomes can, but a "stressed" herd sire will have the more female off spring because the fragile males male chromosomes die before they reach the eggs allowing more female chromosomes to fertilize the eggs (tortoise and the hare theory is guess).
Again, I don't know how much of this has been extensively studied or "proven", but a goat breeder a few hours from me said she has got more does than buck since she started stressing her sires four years ago.
That second article is fascinating to me... I wonder if any further studies have been done in the 10 years since this one was published. Too bad the results skewed the gender ratio in favor of males or the hatcheries would be ALL OVER this one!
ANY MORE HATCHED OUT YET?After waiting since march when I hatched my shipped eggs.... today my very first cream legbar from my own hen hatched and it's a pullet! so far, so good. waiting on 5 more.
After waiting since march when I hatched my shipped eggs.... today my very first cream legbar from my own hen hatched and it's a pullet! so far, so good. waiting on 5 more.
congratulations! Happy Hatching....
