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  • From: "Melody O." <melody AT crecon.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sexing chickens
  • Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:41:36 -0700

At 11:38 AM 3/30/05 -0600, you wrote:
>How does one sex chicks?
>
>Don Bowen

I just grabbed my _Encyclopedia of Country Living_ and the only thing I
could find about sexing was that in a hatchery they are sexed by
"vent-sexing specialists" who use a lighted magnifying glass which straps
to their heads.

So I guess you check the vents with a magnifying glass...but I wouldn't
have a clue what to look for since the typical boy/girl parts aren't there.

If you buy Sex-links you can tell the sex by their color. Sex-links tend
to be a good egg-meat combination.

Good luck!
Melody






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