What are the Chances?

[Mylied]

I think it's been proven that temperature during incubation will never change the sex of a chicken. Whether certain temperatures kill more of one gender or the other is not as well settled, but even if that worked it would show up as more dead embryos of one sex and no extras of the other sex.



How many did you hatch?
The odds of getting all male are 1 in 2 for a single chick, 1 in 4 for two chicks, 1 in 8 for three chicks, 1 in 16 for four chicks, 1 in 32 for five chicks... (doubles every time you add another chick.)

It was 2 clutches in 2 staggered hatches. There's 10 or 11 in the older group and all are male. There's around 5 in the younger group and I'm seeing some pink combs already.

 

[NatJ]

It was 2 clutches in 2 staggered hatches. There's 10 or 11 in the older group and all are male. There's around 5 in the younger group and I'm seeing some pink combs already.

That many being all male is fairly unlikely, but obviously does happen some times!

 

[Mylied]

That many being all male is fairly unlikely, but obviously does happen some times!

I'm going to catch them for pics one of these days.

 

[Mylied]

They all have similar development to this one.