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The Facts About Chick Sexing!

Chick sexing is a method of determining thedifficult process because the sexual organs
sex of either chicks or other hatchlings. Bigof the birds are located within the body and
commercial hatcheries perform chick sexing tonot easily distinguishable. The copulatory
put the chicks on the right track from theorgans of chickens can be determined as a
beginning, depending on the purpose for whichmale or female by the shape, and venting
they are being raised. For example, wheninvolves squeezing the feces out of the
raising for eggs, males are unwanted. Forchick, to open up the rectum, which allows
meat purposes, both male and female chicksthe chick sexer to see if the bird has a
are needed to raise hybrid birds. Aftersmall bump. This small bump indicates that
chick sexing is done, many hatcheries killit is a male. Some females also have very
the birds of the unwanted sex immediately tosmall  bumps.
avoid  future  expenses.
When compared to both the methods of chick
The people who can actually determine the sexsexing above, the easier and more convenient
of birds are highly trained professionals,method, and usually one preferred by small
known  as  chick  sexers  or  chicken sexers.poultry owners, is to wait until the chicks
start showing other characteristics of their
There are two methods by which chicks aresex. In male chicks, the wattles and combs
sexed; feather sexing and vent sexing.will grow larger than that of the females and
Feather sexing is based on the difference inthe head will also be a different shape and
feather characteristics and vent sexing ismasculine looking. The female will be
based on identifying the sexual organssmaller than the male and is more feminine
visually.looking. In some breeds, the feathers of
each sex also develop a distinctive color
Feather sexing is based on thepattern that makes it easier to identify the
characteristics of the feathers that differsex. This type of sexing based on other
from male to female. It is easy to learn,characteristics can be done at about 4-6
but the appearance of the feathers is usuallyweeks  of  age.
determined by some genetic traits present in
the chick strain. Many chicken strains do notChick sexing is a complicated process and can
have the characteristics of feather sexingonly be done by trained professionals who
and feathering of both sexes appear the sameundergo a lengthy training. This is the
to the normal person and only trained chickreason; small flock owners may not be able to
sexers  can  distinguish.afford engaging the services of these chick
sexers.
Vent sexing is also known as venting and is a



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