| Show spots on young chicks help to separate sexes because some poultry men want to raise broilers and others want a laying flock there is a need for a practical way for the average to determine sex of baby chicks says byron alder extension of the utah state agricultural college the japanese sexing lexing method is accurate but only a trained person can make the determination at the national agricultural research center beltsville Bolts ville md dr C W knox and J P quinn geneticists of the U S department of agriculture bureau of animal industry have found that such external characteristics as down color down striping beak and shank color are arc good ind indicators ca of sex with some breeds and crossbreeds cross breeds when rhode island red males were crossed with barred plymouth rock hens the bureau work ers observed that chicks with a u white spot on the head were e males those without white spots on the head proved to be females this method proved almost 99 percent correct in determining sex A study of purebred barred plymouth rocks showed that female chicks have an intense black down and shank and a small white spot on the head the males have a larger white spot on the head grayish black down and yellow shanks based on these characteristics sexing lexing was percent correct the bureau of scientists also have been successful in sexing lexing rhode island red chicks finding that per cent of the striped and spotted chicks were female and per cent of the ted chicks were males the same general characteristics hold true for the new hampshire reds studies have been made 1 nad 0 of white plymouth rocks jersey black giants and jersey white giants so far the scientists have not found a reliable sex ind indicator icador for these breeds As we understand this unemployment census it means counting those who really want to work and letting the rest loaf on when a roosevelt woman says 1 I look like a wreck today it is very lery bad manners to agree with her you have also probably noticed by this time that the high price of pork has started the consumers squealing |
