true or wives tale?

[Straubby]

i was recently told that if you put a finger on each side of a chicks head where it meets the neck and hold if it fights alot its a hen and if it just kind of sits there roo? i tried it and came out with results that are the same as my guesses but just wondered if this was just an old wives tale.anyone ever heard of this?

 

[Emzyyy]

I've heard of laying them on their back in your hands & if they struggle they are male if they sit there they are hens...

 

[NurseNettie]

Well, I suppose you have a 50% chance of it working!

 

[crtrlovr]

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

It's a wives tale. 50% chance of it working!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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I heard just the oppostie. I gave it a try.Out of 6 two were roos.

 

[silkieowner]

LOL laying them on there backs well if thats the case i have 12 roosters hehe only 1 hen will sit there in my arms on its back. I believe its a wives tale.

 

[Bec]

Definitely a wives tale! I've tried everything out there as far as wives tales go and I never get it right! I thought for sure I had it right on a little baby I have now, but now he is getting bigger, stronger and more red! He used to lay so nice in my hand, I was sure he was a girl!! lol!

 

[WalkingWolf]

We go by a 100% method and it has never been wrong. It is very simple if the bird crows it is a roo, if it lays an egg it is a hen. Never has failed yet...

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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Not so!! I have a hen that crows!!

But I don't have a roo that lays eggs, lol