While it can be difficult to accurately sex a chicken when they're young, there are a. Gail damerow introduces different methods to figure out the sex of chickens This is the beginner's guide to determining if you have hens or roosters when you raise chicks. This makes sexing newly hatched chicks difficult there are two methods of sexing chicks that can be used at hatcheries Vent sexing and feather sexing Vent sexing was developed in japan and brought to north american poultry producers in the 1930s
Vent sexing is a skill that takes a long time to develop. That includes sexing chicks as accurately as possible Methods for sexing chicks depending on your experience with raising chickens, you may already have a few favorite techniques of sexing chicks. Color sexing color sexing also may be done at the time of hatch, although differences between the genders remain apparent for some time after the chicks hatch This way to sex a chicken takes advantage of sex linked genes that control down and/or feather color
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