If you’re not familiar with backyard chickens, you might not automatically know the difference between a hen and a rooster It’s something most of us in the Midwest probably take for granted and even wonder how people couldn’t know the difference
It reminds me of the time growing up when my cousin from the Twin Cities came to visit She was
Early Differences in Roosters and Hens
Have you ever been into a farm store that just got a new batch of chicks?
If you are like me, you have squinted and stared at the chicks until your eyes crossed, trying to pick out the males from females
Unsexed chicks are labeled as “straight run” This pretty much means the chicks were hatched and all put up for sale Whatever mix of girls and boys is unknown and totally dependent of the luck of the draw Chick gender is not determined by overall temperature of the clutch, as in reptiles If it was, hatcheries would have capitalized on