Try this old wives tail on your chicks or chickens, tell me your results.
Tie a ring to a piece of string somewhere close to 12 inches long. Dangle it close, but not touching, to the chick. It should move on its own and swing back and forth in a straight line for boys/roos/cockerals. And it will swing in a circle for a girl/hen/pullet. Is this true? False? I tried it and it somewhat confirmed my suspicion. It said I had 6 hens and 2 cockerals. My first "cockeral" was my very unfriendly white EE chick. It always hated being picked up, and would fight to get away. Sometimes it would peck vicously when cornered. My second was my little runt, it was obviously slow to get feathers, though it DID infact have them by 1 week. They were just very small, definatley not as fast feathering as the others. I tried 3 times, hanging the ring and string over each of them. It gave me the same exact answers, over and over. I tried it for my sister, circle. My male dog, back and forth. My duck, circle. I made my sister try it on the chicks, same results. Does this really work? I hear it did for most people, and others just don't believe it or had wrong results. I'm not saying I really believe it, but it's caught my eye and I'm going to watch the 2 "cockerals" and see if they really do turn out roosters. Who knows?
What's your opinion on this method?
Tie a ring to a piece of string somewhere close to 12 inches long. Dangle it close, but not touching, to the chick. It should move on its own and swing back and forth in a straight line for boys/roos/cockerals. And it will swing in a circle for a girl/hen/pullet. Is this true? False? I tried it and it somewhat confirmed my suspicion. It said I had 6 hens and 2 cockerals. My first "cockeral" was my very unfriendly white EE chick. It always hated being picked up, and would fight to get away. Sometimes it would peck vicously when cornered. My second was my little runt, it was obviously slow to get feathers, though it DID infact have them by 1 week. They were just very small, definatley not as fast feathering as the others. I tried 3 times, hanging the ring and string over each of them. It gave me the same exact answers, over and over. I tried it for my sister, circle. My male dog, back and forth. My duck, circle. I made my sister try it on the chicks, same results. Does this really work? I hear it did for most people, and others just don't believe it or had wrong results. I'm not saying I really believe it, but it's caught my eye and I'm going to watch the 2 "cockerals" and see if they really do turn out roosters. Who knows?
What's your opinion on this method?