why is it that all I can hatch out are males?

[gamebirdsonly]

I can not figure it out. it's fine if I hatch out mostly roosters for pheasants or other game birds but not for chickens don't make no money for chicken roosters usaully have to just give them away and I hate wasting money on them until they are big enough to get rid of. anybody have ways to hatch out more Hens?

 

[justusnak]

Oh I wish there was an easy answer. Mine seem to be 50/50. I hatched out 6 of my EE's 5 girls, one boy. Then I hatched out 6 of my RIR mix...5 boys, ONE girl. UGH! My grandpa used to say

" A pointy egg will give ya a rooster" Im not too sure on that tho. LOL

 

[siz8003]

I have the same problem ....all boys darn it

why try

 

[silkiechicken]

Sometimes we just got bad luck like that. It's the hen that determines gender, so maybe you have a few hens that really like to throw boys.

 

[scgamecock]

Gamebird, does it look like you got a lot of roo's from my egg's?

 

[AK-Bird-brain]

I've been wondering about this also. Its been documented that temperature during incubation of crocodile (or was it alligator?) eggs effects the sex of the hatch-lings.

Anyone with an extremely precise temperature controlled incubator with some free time on their hands want to do an experiment?

 

[sara]

If you figure it out, please let me know. I may have 1 pullet in the nursery coop out of 13 babies.