Ugly chick = Hen

[maybejoey]

Has anyone ever noticed that when you pick out the ugly chicks from the store they usually are hens?

The ones with the most coloring or patterns usually turn out to be males for me.

To prove this in my own mind ( prove me not to be CRAZY) I went to the feed store and picked out 5 of the ugliest chicks they had, 4/5 turned out to females.

Did I just get lucky or am I really just CRAZY?

 

[maybejoey]

SOLD

All of the hens and 1 rooster to my neighbor.

 

[JakRat]

Makes sense to me! Most males in the animal world are more beautifully colored and more elaborate than the females so as to attract the ladies... look up birds of paradise on youtube... so interesting!!!!

 

[eggboy]

Sound right. I'll have to keep that in mind.

 

[Jferlisi]

Did you get them from a straight run? Feed stores order sexed pullets and when sexed its only about 80-90% accurate depending on who you ask. So tbh i just think you got lucky.

 

[maybejoey]

I bought them all from IFA and they said that they dont sex there chiks.