The Poultry Keeper

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1040 Location: Cornwall

Put 30 mixed Pekin eggs in the inc this morning.

I only want to keep 12 females, so will end up having to find homes for the others, and hopefully won't get too many males hatch.

NannyP · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Bon chance...hope you get all girls and not all 30 Shocked

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1040 Location: Cornwall

Thanks

I dont normally get many boys, so fingers Wink

JustChickens · Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 871 Location: Sussex

good luck! i just put 12 pekins in my incy Smile

CP · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

Good luck! Wink

But I bet you get between 5-10 boys out of your 30.
Unfortunately no one has yet managed to sex eggs! It would certainly be a lot easier, especially for the small, hobby breeder.
There are usually so many cockerels needing homes.
I have 3 at the moment, just about 7 weeks old. They will most likely end up in the pot. Sad

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1040 Location: Cornwall

I raise the temp in my inc and usually that gives you more hens than cocks. Did that for years when I had poultry and always worked.

Bit like reptiles, the lower the temp the more males, higher the more females.

But sods law, it won't work this time

good luck JC, hope you get a good hatch rate!

mojo · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

according to research in new zealand temperature level has NO effect on poultry sexing........it only works with cold blooded reptiles..................so pekinout have you got records that show it works please

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1040 Location: Cornwall

Not got any records, never kept them for the 30 yrs I've bred poultry, apart from bills of sale etc.

We didnt bother weighing the eggs, just used to candle them at 7 and 14 days, and always had near on 99% hatch rate.

I'm not the only poultry breeder that's tried this method and had success.

We used this method for, as I say 30yrs, always worked with poultry and waterfowl.

We tried it on most rare breed poultry, large and miniature, but never tried it on bantams as we only kept the true bantams and people always want a trio of those, so cocks were welcome in the hatches.