How do you vent s*x a chick?

Question

or any other methods of sexing i can use for silkie chicks??? they aren't specially bred I have a rooster and a hen that i bought from a hatchery last year and im trying to find a home for the rooster but my hen is sitting and if she hatches anything i need to be able to find out if they are male or female so i can find a home right away and try not to make any emotional attachments so any web sites or personal experience in sexing a chick pleeeeaseee thank you

Answer 1

I don't know how to vent check a chick, but I don't think that would be any problem in finding them a home. Most people will take either s*x, it's a part of getting baby chicks. One thing you should be aware of, you will be emotionally attached the moment you see the chicks.

Answer 2

I hate to say this but vent sexing is not something that can be picked up in an afternoon.I can get about 95% right and thats after six months practice.you need very good eyesight . silkies are supposed to be able to be sexed as day olds because in some strains the males have a more pronounced bump on their head .however thats never found to be that reliable for me.

  I only sell day old chickens in pure breeds as unsexed as you get to many mistakes otherwise

I have a very good book on this somewhere but someone has borrowed it so I can not remember the name of it

I think it was called chick sexing .It is an australian publication.

For the life of me I can not think how one can discribe the basics of vent sexing with out resorting to diagrams etc.even then the only way you can be sure that you know you are getting it right is by biopsy

Answer 3

To vent s*x you have to gently look at the cloaca, opening it a little, and if you see a protusion it's a rooster, since this is how he gets it on with the hen. This also isn't foolproof, since some males have small equipment and some hens are more...masculine.

Here's a link for more info

Answer 4

All I know is its very hard to find out, you have to be a professional to know I just wait till they say c**k-a -doodle- doo! I wonder how much chick sexer determinationaners make yearly!