How to determine the sex of a chicken? How to distinguish chickens on the floor?

Courses can be bred for eggs or meat. In the first case it is preferable to contain chickens, in the second - males. Therefore, when buying chickens on a poultry farm or market, it is desirable to be able to determine their gender. Yes, and the owners, breeding young in incubators, for sure it will be interesting to immediately know how many chickens, and how many males will walk around the yard in the near future. Next, in all the details will understand how to determine the sex of the chicken correctly.

Babushkin's method

The surest way to determine the sex of a chicken is to inspect its wings. At the age of two or three days in males, they are usually a little lighter than chickens. Later, the color of the pen aligns.

There is one more reliable method by which the sex of chickens was determined by our ancestors. In order to find out whether it's a chicken or a cockerel, you need to slightly pull the baby's wing, straighten it and carefully consider. Pay attention to the first few feathers. Kurochki feathers before bettas. This will help determine the gender. 6-7 primary feathers in "girls" are longer and thicker than the pairing they cover. Visually it looks like an alternation of short and long feathers. A completely different picture is observed in males. On the drawn wing will be seen absolutely identical in height flyweight and covering feathers, located in a straight row.

The easiest way

Most often, the owners of household plots determine the sex of chickens as follows:

• The chick is carefully taken for the paws;
• Turn it upside down.

If the chicken pulls its head into the shoulders, it means it's a chicken, if it pulls it out and starts turning it around, it's a cockerel.

This method is very simple, however, unfortunately not too reliable. The head, for example, depending on the mood, can draw in both the cockerel and the hen. Find out how many in the brood "girls", and how many "boys", so you can only approximately.

Industrial method

Next, let's look at how to determine the sex of a chicken in the so-called Japanese way. In the Land of the Rising Sun, they are usually used in large industrial enterprises. The method is quite complex, but it is also very accurate. Determine this way the sex can be at the age of chickens from 6-7 hours, and not later than 18 hours in meat breeds and 15 hours - in egg. The procedure in this case will be as follows:

• The chicks are gently taken to the left hand and pressed on the tummy, removing the feces.
• Then, holding the legs, the chicken is turned upside down.
• Fingers of the right hand gently stretch the cloaca, slightly turning it from the side of the abdomen.

The cockerel inside will have a small sexual lobe. The chickens have no such education.

The dates specified above, when using this method, must be observed. Nestlings, born less than 6 hours ago, are still feeble and friable, and therefore, when examined, it can damage the cloaca. After 15-18 hours, chickens develop characteristic folds, and the determination of sex in this way becomes impossible.

Large chicks

The question of how to determine the sex of a chicken in the event that it has already been more than two or three weeks old is not particularly complicated. Older chicks can do this by simply inspecting the plumage. In chickens fluff disappears a little earlier than that of males. It is also not too difficult to know the sex and the size of the chick. "Girls", as a rule, are smaller than "boys". You can also look at the scallops of chickens. In males, they are usually slightly larger and brighter.

How to determine the sex of a chicken in an egg

Experienced owners of household plots point out the fact that when chickens are hatched in incubators, it often happens that the output of bettas is 80-90%. Of course, the owners who breed chickens for obtaining eggs, this situation is unlikely to suit. Therefore, it is important to learn to determine the sex of chickens before birth - before filling the incubator. It would seem that the task is impossible. However, to all appearances, this is not quite so.

Some farmers abroad believe that determining the sex of the future chicken in an egg is not so difficult. As far as the method that will be considered below is accurate, we can not judge. However, it is possible that somebody will describe his description interestingly. So, to determine the sex of the chicken by shell, you need:

• Take the egg in the right hand with the pointed end up.
• Drag your finger to the left on its top.

If on the sharp end small tubercles and a ring are felt - means, most likely, from an egg the hatching will hatch. If the top is absolutely smooth - the chicken.

Determination of sex with the help of an ovoscope

This method also raises some doubts. However, trying to use it will not hurt in any way. It consists in the transmission of eggs with an ovoscope in the direction from the acute end to the blunt. Thus, the air chamber becomes noticeable. If it is located strictly at the center on the side of the sharp end - hence, from the egg hatched a cockerel. If the camera is slightly shifted to the side - the chicken.

Hybrids

When breeding hybrid hybrids, the answer to the question of how to distinguish chicks from sex is often very simple. Crosses are now derived just a huge amount. In many hybrids, chickens of different sexes have an unequal color of fluff. Sometimes the chickens or males on the back or wings have "identification" spots or stripes.

Hatching chicks in an incubator: preparation

To ensure that the egg is the most suitable for incubation, chickens should be well and properly fed. Nonshakes must be given meat waste, and in the mash-ups add fish oil, chalk, flour, a preparation to increase egg production. Very good to feed the bird every day with yogurt. In this case, the chickens from the incubator will come out healthy and strong.

You can lay only clean, smooth, devoid of cracks and incisions, as well as outgrowths and hollows of eggs. Also, they should not be too large (two-yelts) or very small.

Periods of incubation

In order for such an operation, as an independent breeding of chickens, to succeed, it is necessary to observe certain rules at all stages. The incubation periods are only three:

• Initial (from the 1st to the 11th day);
• Intermediate (from the 12th to the 18th day);
• Final (from 19 th to 20 th -21 th day).

In the initial period, eggs should be warmed best. Do not lower the temperature in the incubator below 39 degrees. Also, for successful development of embryos, higher humidity is required. Short-term cooling begins at the end of the 6th day. Do this for 5 minutes. Once a day.

In the interim period, the temperature is reduced to +38.5 degrees. Cool the eggs for 10-15 minutes a day. In the final period, the temperature of the air in the incubator should be equal to 38 degrees. At this time, it is very important to increase the humidity. For this, it is possible to place a trough with water inside the incubator. Cooling and turns in this period stop.

Hatching

Chicks come out of eggs on the 20th-21st day. Laying hens usually hatch more robust and viable than broilers. However, certain rules of care should be followed equally carefully for the breed of any direction of productivity.

In the incubator, the babies are left until the feather is completely dry. Then they need to be transplanted into the box, providing a warm-up of not less than 32-35 degrees. The incubator should be cleaned of shell, washed and disinfected. Two days later the chicks are transplanted into the cells, lowering the temperature to 28-29 degrees. Chickens from the incubator, in the event that all the rules were observed, go out healthy and viable.

How to buy a daily chicks

The independent withdrawal of chickens is quite a troublesome business. Therefore, often private traders prefer to simply purchase them in the market or a poultry farm. Chickens are diurnal, the price of which is very low (about 40-50 rubles per unit, depending on the breed), the special endurance does not differ. Especially broilers. Lunge, compared with the five-day, in this case is usually quite large. To reduce losses, when buying, you should pay attention to such factors:

• Chickens should be active and alive.
• The umbilical cord of the daily chicks is already fully tightened. To buy babies with secretions from it it is not necessary.
• Chickens should eat well.

With the above recommendations, very healthy and viable chicken per diem can be purchased. The price for them is determined primarily by the breed, and it will be very disappointing if expensive broiler or rare chicks die in a couple of days. Therefore, the choice should be approached seriously. And, of course, it is necessary to determine the gender of each purchased chicken. The easiest way is to use the first method described in the article. That is, to inspect the wings of children.

Feed for broiler chickens and layers

The ration of chicks is very different from the menu of adult chickens. The first few days the kids are traditionally given a boiled chopped egg, cottage cheese and millet. However, recently many owners of homestead plots refuse such a method, considering the first two products for chicks as unnatural food. Perhaps, boiled eggs and cottage cheese should be replaced with special feed "Start" for hatched chickens. When buying it, you need to pay attention to what kind of product it is intended for. There is a special feed for broiler chickens and for laying hens. Give the chicks this composition until two weeks of age.