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Over the past 3 years of hatching project birds I've done small batches. All of which, except for 2 have been sexed correctly.
Just wondering what the percentage would be total.

Batch 1: Sexed correctly. 4 chicks

Batch 2: Sexed correctly 2 chicks

Batch 3: 1 sexed wrong, 4 chicks

Batch 4: sexed correctly, 2 chicks

This year's batch: 1 sexed wrong, 4 chicks.
 
I’m guessing she may grow up to look buff barred, if that’s what you’re asking. But it’s just a guess so far.

Are you only going to be using the pullets?
My Barred Pullet, breast feathers.
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Yep, only using the pullets.

The brown cockerel has at least 1 copy of Db, so I'm not using him. I'm not using the Barred cockerel, since I'm not quite ready to include Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock into the genetics yet. Use of the Heritage Plymouth Rocks is better barring, better tail shape, & angle.
 
Over the past 3 years of hatching project birds I've done small batches. All of which, except for 2 have been sexed correctly.
Just wondering what the percentage would be total.

Batch 1: Sexed correctly. 4 chicks

Batch 2: Sexed correctly 2 chicks

Batch 3: 1 sexed wrong, 4 chicks

Batch 4: sexed correctly, 2 chicks

This year's batch: 1 sexed wrong, 4 chicks.
Funny that you always hatch groups of four or two. :p
This doesn’t include any chicks that, for example, died before you could confirm their sex or weren’t able to be wing-sexed?

The total would be 16, with 14 sexed correctly and 2 sexed incorrectly. I’m going to use a calculator for this.
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87.5%! That’s pretty high.
 
Funny that you always hatch groups of four or two. :p
This doesn’t include any chicks that, for example, died before you could confirm their sex or weren’t able to be wing-sexed?

The total would be 16, with 14 sexed correctly and 2 sexed incorrectly. I’m going to use a calculator for this. View attachment 271167387.5%! That’s pretty high.
Not including dead ones, only live ones.

The number would be higher if I included the meat birds I hatched last year. 4 cockerels, & 6 pullets. 2 cockerels died from mycotoxicosis, they ate spoiled moldy feed in the feeder.

I do big hatches occasionally when I have space for the extra birds. But usually not project birds.
 

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