What happens if a hatchery is wrong on sexing?

[kristenm1975]

In June, I bought three "pullets" from a lady who'd purchased them from McMurray's, sexed as females. One, my favorite, turned out to be a huge gorgeous roo. I was crushed. I'd gotten very attached to the big guy and hated to see him go, but he was driving my insomniac boyfriend insane with his sickly crowing at 4 in the morning.

I plan on placing an order from Ideal in February for 26 chicks and I'm definitely going to order all pullets. If I get roo in the bunch, does the hatchery replace or simply refund?

Thanks!

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Kristen, I think every hatchery has their own guarantees. I think they go by %'s on sexing. I hope someone can answer better because that is an interesting question. I do know that in MM's catalog it states that they guarantee the sexers work. What does that really mean?

I'd call the hatchery and ask.

 

[herechickchick]

Most hatcheries that sex guarantee 90% accuracy so unless your order is more than 10% male you will not receive a refund. That being said I have ordered from Ideal many times and they have never been wrong.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Just because you bought pullets does not mean that 100% are pullets. Sexing is tedious and there is a error factor so sometimes, they are just wrong. It happens to us all when we order chicks.

I will add here that most of the time, they are reasonably accurate. Few mistakes.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

Yep the hatchery I get has a 90% rate for sexing. Another hatchery I got chickens from are so good I ordered 600 chickens and only got one roo.

 

[the1much]

ask the vice president of ideal,, heres a link to the post,,post #66
but they have a 90% sexing guarantee too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1187040#p1187040

 

[ole-crone]

I know that sexing isn't an exact science but - I don't know if it was just days someone was being trained to sex chickens or what but my last two pullet orders from Ideal had too many roosters. Re-assure me, it had to be trainees.

 

[wyliefarms]

I know that there are some breeds where the boys and girls are different colors as chicks...maybe that is the way to go.