where are the rules for the new group? I can't find them..

[lisa...@gmail.com]

this new google group looks so different than the yahoo one. I don't adjust to change that easily and I'm looking for the rules so I can read up...I can't find any files, let alone the rules.... Help?

Thanks

Lisa

[Dennis]

It used to be in the files section, but google took that away. Just
basic rules mostly. We frown on excessive quoted text, but other than
that, its the same kind of rules in any other group.

Dennis.

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[Michele Bee]

Attachments aren't allowed, right?

On Nov 27, 2012 3:23 PM, "Dennis" <n4m...@gmail.com> wrote:

It used to be in the files section, but google took that away.    Just basic rules mostly.  We frown on excessive quoted text, but other than that, its the same kind of rules in any other group.

Dennis.

On 11/27/2012 4:28 PM, lisa...@gmail.com wrote: > > this new google group looks so different th...

[Moderator]

No. DOM_BIRD a low bandwidth group that so that its friendly to people
with modem or cell phone connections. A lot of people in rural areas
don't have high speed internet and have to pay long distance charges to
get on the internet.

Dennis.

[HOUSEOFCAKES]

Hey all,
List has been quiet lately, which must mean thing are good for everyone :)

Need some of your collective expert wisdom. My boy's preschool wants to hatch some eggs and so I've agreed to help them out as I guess I'm the chicken expert (this is laughable but go with me here).

Has anyone tried this method for sexing the eggs before they hatch?
http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/buying-fertilized-chicken-eggs-zmaz74zhol.aspx

My concern is that the eggs hatch, and we have our hands full of roosters. I'd like to minimize that as much as possible so any leads on where to buy eggs that are most likely to be pullets/hens versus a straight random run would also be helpful! We are in the city and roosters are illegal and just would create a whole mess of issues I would like to avoid as much as possible. I could find a place probably for one rooster but for a bunch of them, the kids might just have to get a lesson in butchery. lol.

Thanks in advance :) If we move forward I'll probably have a mess of other questions.

Karen

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[Dennis]

The shape isn't that accurate of a way to sex eggs.  Its really more of an urban legend.  What is true is that the female genetic contribution is what determines the gender.  In humans, its the male contribution, so its opposite to humans.  If hens only laid one gender, and one shape, you could separate out the eggs based on who was laying what shape.  But the reality is that the shell gland is separate from the ovary so its really random.  The shape probably has more to do with the hen's activities for the day than anything else.   The bottom line is that a pointy egg can hatch to either male or female so I wouldn't throw any of them out.

Dennis.

[Naola Vaughn]

I read another article that you can sex baby chicks by their wing feathers.  One row is a pullet, two rows is a rooster.  Anyone ever heard of this?  I’ve been raising poultry for many years, and just recently read that.

Naola

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[Barry Koffler]

>I read another article that you can sex baby chicks by their wing
>feathers. One row is a pullet, two rows is a rooster. Anyone ever
>heard of this? I've been raising poultry for many years, and just
>recently read that.
>Naola

Only works on certain strains. Read
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKFeathSex.html

Here's a page on sexing chicks once they're a few weeks old:
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/sexingchicks.html
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[sigo]

On 1/14/2013 2:50 PM, Naola Vaughn wrote:

I read another article that you can sex baby chicks by their wing feathers.  One row is a pullet, two rows is a rooster.  Anyone ever heard of this?  I’ve been raising poultry for many years, and just recently read that.

Naola

feather sexing only works on BIRDS bred to be feather sexed, unfortunately


Sigo

[Dennis]

Its basically the same as sex linked chickens only with feather shape instead of feather color.  The mating has to be just right or your sexing wont work.  However, I have read that Dominiques "Dominickkers" can be sexed based on leg color and don't require special breading other than pure stock.

Dennis.

[Bonnie White]

Yes you can, it take lots of practice, but it can be done. The only thing is, this only applies to some breeds, not all breeds. If you go to sexing chicks on youtube you will find a nice video by McMurry hatchery as well as someone with mike rowe in it from dirty jobs, this video is very detailed and informative. I myself have yet to give this a try, but this year I do plan on it, as it good if one is raising chickens and the like to figure out how to sex poultry. 

1. Dirty Jobs: Mike Rowe

   by reyn66•5 years ago•93,586 views

   Sexing chicks
2. 5:57

   Dirty Jobs: Mike Rowe

   by reyn66•5 years ago•18,339 views

   Sexing chicks
3. 4:55

   DISCOVERY CHICK SEXING

   by snaekrej•4 years ago•283,408 views

   from the discovery channel video.
4. 9:42

   Metzer Farms - Sexing Baby Ducklings and Goslings

   by metzerfarms•2 years ago•51,125 views

   This Metzer Farms' video shows you how to determine the sex of day old ducklings and goslings by vent sexing and down color in ...

Hope this helps you in the right direction. From metzer farms, I learned how to sex ducklings and have been most successful straight from when they hatch. Just haven't gotten a handle on the chicks yet, but I am working on it.

Bonnie 

[Karen Oh]

Hmm looks like it will be hard not to get all roosters or at least some. Soooo, then what? Raise them for meat? Just trying to plan for the (inevitable?) future of a rooster. I prob could find homes for them but thoughts? Experiences? :)

K

[K M Edgar]

Those kinda reports on egg shapes having an influence on sex is about
as hair brained suggestion as I've ever heard in my life.

[Margo]

Hi Karen,

 

               All I can say is that I don't think it would work with my hens. Each of my hens appears to lay eggs of a specific shape. They don't differ in the shape they each lay from egg to egg. They are consistent to each hen. Some are round, some are long, and some are pointed, but each has her own "shape"<G>. Since they hatch both pullets and cockerels (tho seemingly waaaay more cockerels) per hen, I'd have to say I don't think that method would be effective in my yard.  I will look more closely in the future for variations that I may have overlooked, and mark eggs that seem different.

 

                That should keep me busy <G>.

 

Margo