. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916] t-H ft BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 THE FARM TESTING SMALL CHICKS TO DE- TERMINE SEX. O. B. Kent, Cornell University, has this to say on the above subject: I do not believe that day-old chicks or even chicks 21 days old can be positively distinguished as to their sex, regardless of the breed or vari- eties. In any variety that is double mated, where there is a considerable ; difference between the male and fe- male coloring, as in Barred Plymouth Rocks, the sex can. nearly always be distinguished in the pullet, and cock- erel lines are not
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916] t-H ft BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 THE FARM TESTING SMALL CHICKS TO DE- TERMINE SEX. O. B. Kent, Cornell University, has this to say on the above subject: I do not believe that day-old chicks or even chicks 21 days old can be positively distinguished as to their sex, regardless of the breed or vari- eties. In any variety that is double mated, where there is a considerable ; difference between the male and fe- male coloring, as in Barred Plymouth Rocks, the sex can. nearly always be distinguished in the pullet, and cock- erel lines are not mixed. Of course. ; to a flock where dark and light hens and cockerels are used, a much small- er percentage of the chicks could be told for certain. In any case, I do not think that it would run much bet- tei than 90 to 95 per cent correct. : Some one in Connecticut last summer ^ Professor Rice a method of tell- i ing day-old chick cockerels from pul- lets, by examining the spur with a i seed tester. This seemed to have con- siderable value, and I think probably 1 the estimate made from that would run better than 75 per cent correct. i The distinction is so fine that it is practically impossible to describe it in words. A careful examination of sev- j eral chicks before opening up to find out what the sex may be, will show ; the method. Another method that was given us from a man in Colorado consists in holding the chicks by the head. A young cockerel will kick rapidly and throw the legs out from the body. A pullet tends to hold the shanks very close up to the breast, keeping the hock joint pressed below down back i of the abdomen. This, however, is a much better test when the chicks are a few weeks old, than in the baby chicks. I think it is entirely possible to guarantee 15 per cent pullets at the time the chicks are hatched, possibly running higher than that in parti- colored birds, like Plymouth Rocks. | In some slow developing birds that I are late to mature, it is s
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