Sexing unknown cross day olds

[Kjnannay]

We have a lavender rooster, 2 unknown probably buff and all.black hen with blue tinge to feathers, 4 isa browns, 2 lavender hens..

Hatching now... one chick out and all dark with black beak..

I know probably not a good cross but it's what we have and they are healthy. I'm well aware of isa brown crossed with lavender not good...oh well it's ours.

I'm curious as to what will the sees look like

 

[Logar]

you can not sex day old chicks unless they are bred specifically for it. I'm saying male just because I feel like it and I have a 50% chance of being right

 

[SilverBirds]

They are too young to sex right now unless you plan on vent sexing. You will have to wait until they are at least 4 weeks old otherwise.

What's wrong with the cross?

 

[Kjnannay]

They are too young to sex right now unless you plan on vent sexing. You will have to wait until they are at least 4 weeks old otherwise.

What's wrong with the cross?

I've read and been told the isa brown is a hybrid and already not a purebred, more health issues when crossed as well as poor egg production.

So I guess will see. So far 9 hatched, one probably died that was hatching...no movement in awhile. There's a tiny hole we've been watching.


We've got 6 black chicks with small amounts of yellow in them and 3 all light yellow

 

[Ridgerunner]

We have a lavender rooster, 2 unknown probably buff and all.black hen with blue tinge to feathers, 4 isa browns, 2 lavender hens..

None of those make a cross that you can sex at hatch. The Lavender rooster is base black which means he cannot be used to make a sex link.

I've read and been told the isa brown is a hybrid and already not a purebred, more health issues when crossed as well as poor egg production.

I'm sorry, you are misinformed. It is true an ISA Brown is a hybrid. So what, I am too. Many different nationalities in my ancestry. The only reason for having purebreds in chickens is important is if you want to sell hatching eggs. Even some grand champions in chicken shows have mixed breeds in their recent ancestry. You might want to read about "hybrid vigor". Some of the most productive plants and animals are hybrids.

The ISA Brown is a specialist, bred to be a great egg layer and may have problems later in life. Some live quite a while and do well but they are prone to having issues themselves. But that chick will get half of its genetics from the rooster. It should still inherit pretty good egg laying genetics from its mother but it is not nearly at the same risk of those problems as its mother is.

You mention poor egg production. If you had said poorer egg production than her mother I would not argue. An ISA Brown should be a tremendously great egg layer, hard to match. Her daughter will inherit some great egg laying genetics from her mother though probably tempered some by her father's egg laying genetics. I cannot give you any guarantees as you never know exactly how the genetics will work in any one situation, but I'd expect the majority of that crosses daughters to lay 5 to 6 eggs a week.

Sounds like a good hatch! Enjoy!

 

[Kjnannay]

you can not sex day old chicks unless they are bred specifically for it. I'm saying male just because I feel like it and I have a 50% chance of being right

I see...lol 50% ...depend if you are male as to being right j/j
Yes the percentage of roo vs hens

Trial and error = success at some point

 

[Kjnannay]

They are too young to sex right now unless you plan on vent sexing. You will have to wait until they are at least 4 weeks old otherwise.

What's wrong with the cross?

I read that the likelihood of health issues and poor egg laying if crossed with lavender O. With Isa brown hens.

So far I'm in love with these friendly easy going chicks, so far very harty!!

We did make a mistake...hubby did, turned incubator temp down once 6 hatched, so we lost some eggs that started to hatch. Out of 18, 2 not fertilized 1 died early, 6 black/yellow chicks, 3 yellow, rest affected by decrease in incubator temp.

All hatched at day21-23

New batch in, one egg is for surly 100% lavender O, rest are lavender/isa brown