kraftykev Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Ok maybe not the best topic title, but i didnt know what else to put. i seem to have a load of cock birds and seem to be a bit short of hens. So next year i need to breed my birds, but keep some of my hens. Does any one know of a way of knowing, by breeding the sex of there young birds. I did read that group red hens, including mealies and yellows, if bred with a blue bar, blue cheq or dark cheq cock will produce red group cocks and blue bar, blue cheq and dark cheq hens. is this correct and are there any other colour mixes that will tell me what the sex will be. As most of you know i breed kirkparicks so have plenty of colours in the loft lol. I feel that i have not explained what i wanted to say properly but i hope you understand what i mean.. Take care kevin spencroft kirkpatricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 That is correct Kev, Blue series cocks x Red series hens will give you Rd series cock and Bl series hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraftykev Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 cheers bilt, just been reading an old topic on here and it stated that yellow cock to red hen will give me yellow daughters and red sons. Now i have a section of yellow kirkpatricks and i would prefer yellow daughters than the blue daughters. I dont have many red stock hen but do have a fair few mealy stock hens. Do you think that is i put my yellow cock birds to my red and mealy stock hens i would get yellow daughters and red sons cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Also 2 Rd series birds paired will give Rd series cocks and Rd series hens but also Bl series hens so any Bl from these pairings will be hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraftykev Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 thanks for your help my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Not sure how it works with Yellows, have had Kirkpatricks but not Yellows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosslands1 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 you can buy a gadget from the poultry shops that you hold over the eggs and it tells you weather its a cock or hen I belive a gold ring on a piece of string also works hold ring over egg it will either go round and round or sway from side to side cant remember which is which Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraftykev Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 wow just tried it and the gold ring went anti clock wise, hope that means im a male lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkj Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 you can buy a gadget from the poultry shops that you hold over the eggs and it tells you weather its a cock or hen I belive a gold ring on a piece of string also works hold ring over egg it will either go round and round or sway from side to side cant remember which is which a small bit of lead on thread, does the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Fifer Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Correct Davie. If it goes round in a circle or oval formation its a hen. If in a straight line its a cock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Correct Davie. If it goes round in a circle or oval formation its a hen. If in a straight line its a cock.do use actually believe that sh..e,if that were true why do you need to get parrots sexed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue bar Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Correct Davie. If it goes round in a circle or oval formation its a hen. If in a straight line its a cock.Think it's the other way round oval means cock straight -hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue bar Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 do use actually believe that sh..e,if that were true why do you need to get parrots sexedYou should try it . It does work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 You should try it . It does workmate its the person that's holding the string that makes it go round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue bar Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 mate its the person that's holding the string that makes it go roundOk ,have you tried it ? because if I hold a hen it'll swing and if I try it with a cock it goes round , and I wasn't swinging myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg50 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 When doing widow hood in the 80s picked cocks in nest by picking the biggest as the cock smallest the hen worked 100% this way only brought up cocks and used same hens for a couple of years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Ok ,have you tried it ? because if I hold a hen it'll swing and if I try it with a cock it goes round , and I wasn't swinging myselfthat's right if you hold a hen and you know its a hen it will swing,as I say its you that is making it swing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Fifer Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 that's right if you hold a hen and you know its a hen it will swing,as I say its you that is making it swingHave u tried it m8 ? Think youll find it fairly accurate if done properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 cheers bilt, just been reading an old topic on here and it stated that yellow cock to red hen will give me yellow daughters and red sons. Now i have a section of yellow kirkpatricks and i would prefer yellow daughters than the blue daughters. I dont have many red stock hen but do have a fair few mealy stock hens. Do you think that is i put my yellow cock birds to my red and mealy stock hens i would get yellow daughters and red sons cheers mate Yes that`s right kraftykev , yellow cock x red hen will give you yellow daughters and red sons. Also yellow cock x blue hen ,any yellows or silvers from this pairing will be hens ,all daughters will be easy to spot from these pairings as they will have short down . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froog Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Have u tried it m8 ? Think youll find it fairly accurate if done properly.Tried it this year with 12 babies from Tumley, this method said 6 cocks / 6 hens...turned out 4 cocks / 8 hens.....youd be as well toss a coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQuinn Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 do use actually believe that sh..e,if that were true why do you need to get parrots sexed A had tae tell a farmer how tae sex his ckickens, so parrot lovers maybe no that clever either :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froog Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 A had tae tell a farmer how tae sex his ckickens, so parrot lovers maybe no that clever either :wacko:Parrots need surgically sexed, no ifs and buts, and no gold ring on a string will sex them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Parrots need surgically sexed, no ifs and buts, and no gold ring on a string will sex them.ok john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 A had tae tell a farmer how tae sex his ckickens, so parrot lovers maybe no that clever either :wacko:and how did you go about that john, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQuinn Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 and how did you go about that john, Not by the above method !! but if that didnae work it would surely be illegal tae sell contraptions that claim to be for that sole purpose even tae us flat caps and whippets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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