SeramaSilly Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I've been reading a few american blogs on chicken keeping and it seems to be quite usual to collect day old chicks from a store that are already sexed ( I'm not talking about auto-sexing chicks) - even buff orpingtons which are notoriously difficult to sex for ages!! So I'm presuming they're vent sexed at birth? Wouldn't that be great if that was available here??! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 There is a Dutch company that actually sexes eggs, so they don't even have to hatch the cockerels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeramaSilly Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 I've heard that - wouldn't that be brilliant to save all the poor cockerels that have to be dispatched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 There is a Dutch company that actually sexes eggs, so they don't even have to hatch the cockerels! I thought that was an urban myth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 There is a Dutch company that actually sexes eggs, so they don't even have to hatch the cockerels! I thought that was an urban myth Nope. They extract some fluid from a few day old furtilised eggs and see if the cells are male or female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
