Again this bugs me!! tm listing...

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14 years 3 days ago #21089 by chicken_itis
I know we mentioned this one earlier but it hasn't changed!!
Wrongly educating the public...

www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=256985574

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14 years 3 days ago #307333 by Xartep
Same trader, did we not re-educate them last time they said this? [;)]

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14 years 3 days ago #307334 by Huggiechook
I guess anybody fooled by this should probably do a bit more studying before getting into chicken breeding anyway [;)]
That being said - it certainly does sound like he is trying to bait the simple [}:)]

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14 years 3 days ago #307339 by sod
Idont know, what is wrong ???? I dont breed chickens :)

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14 years 3 days ago #307350 by spoook
Me too, I guess you have to know about the white flecks???

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14 years 3 days ago #307376 by judes
I have asked a question of sorts and got an answer.

Idont know, what is wrong ???? I dont breed chickens

There is no way you can predict the ratio of male/females hatching and no chook has any indicator of being a pullet producer.

Jude
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14 years 3 days ago #307390 by Huggiechook
OK just to re-hash - the way I understood it last time it was discussed - the markings on the rooster mean that when mated with the correct colored female then all the female off-spring will have the correct coloring for the breed standard - males wont
and no it has nothing to do with the number of female vs male off-spring (especially since gender is not decided by the rooster anyway)

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14 years 3 days ago #307412 by chicken_itis
Here is the previous thread on this topic..

www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/vforum/showthre...light=pullet+thrower

I can't believe how convinced they are.

Maybe we need to tell the rest of the world who breeds layers they need to be breeding these colours obviously!![;)][;)][;)]

"A Silver Pencil, Silver Duckwing, Silver Birchen Rooster in any poultry breed with white flecks through his breast will throw more pullet chicks than cockerels."

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14 years 2 days ago #307547 by NZ Appaloosas
Having read the first answer in the Q&A section, all I can say is that I have found, at least amongst horse breeders, that the "in my experience with 100s and 100s of /insert breed/" and "many noted breeders in the days of yore have found that" are concepts that just cannot be educated out of people...the mythology is more important to them than the reality of facts.

Diane


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14 years 2 days ago #307566 by Sue

Having read the first answer in the Q&A section, all I can say is that I have found, at least amongst horse breeders, that the "in my experience with 100s and 100s of /insert breed/" and "many noted breeders in the days of yore have found that" are concepts that just cannot be educated out of people...the mythology is more important to them than the reality of facts


Diane-that is so true!

So don't let me get started on all those nutters out there that still think intensively reared chickens are stuffed with artificial hormones!

Sue
Labrador lover for yonks, breeder of pedigree Murray Grey cattle for almost as long, and passionate poultry person for more years than I care to count.

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14 years 2 days ago #307587 by Simkin
I might be wrong but in the first picture of chicks I can only see 3 pullets, the other 4 I can see the comb of are probably roosters.
Those white flecks on the male's chest are a serious fault - what an interesting way of dressing this up as something desirable.

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13 years 11 months ago #308028 by Cinsara
I never knew it was the hen that decided the sex of the offspring :o[:I][:0]
Mind you I was talking to a very very well known breeder and poultry show person last year who told me to change my rooster when I complained of getting too many male offspring - don't feel so silly now I've remembered that :D

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13 years 11 months ago #308868 by Huggiechook
Did you see that those 6 eggs went for NZ$ 88 in the end [:0][:0][:0]:eek::eek:

I guess there is one born every minute [;)][:o)]

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