hatching mainly hens

[henry]

Hi all,
I have what might seem a strange question. Are there any breed of chickens that lay mostly eggs that turn out to be mostly female.
Thank you
Henry

 

[Marigold]

If you could breed some of those you'd make a fortune!
Or even if you could invent some kind of sonic detector that would screen eggs for sex, that would do the job, then all the boys could go for omlettes!

 

[valeriebutterley]

I have just hatched 4 out of 4 Goldtops, all pullets, a first for me, and unless the information is wrong, gold - girls, white - boys, mine are gold!
I have to say they are the most amazing little characters, bright, alert, unfazed by anything, strong and tame naturally it seems, I would also say (dare I?) highly intelligent. They stand together as a bunch, always together. They are 6 weeks old yesterday, and as tough as they come, despite being small and delicate.
They have Silkie topknot, five toes and black skin - they are adorable, and after all my hen heart break of the last few months, I think I deserve a Goldtop break!!

 

[Chuck]

There have been a few old wives tales about over the years. Round eggs pullets, pointed, males. Doesn't work. Most hens seem to have a particular shape to their eggs i.e. some lay rounded, some pointed, therefore some hens would be pullet breeders and some cock breeders !
A couple of years ago, there was some experimenting going on in lowering the incubator temp.by one degree as this was said to produce more pullets chicks. Seems to have died a death. No breeds produce more pullets then males over a lot of hatches. Even if you get all males in some hatches and all females in other hatches from the same parents, they will all average out about 50/50.

If the Gold tops were produced from White Silkie male on Light Sussex hens you have pullets Val.

 

[valeriebutterley]

'morning Chuck,
I think the egg seller said gold Silkie bantams - not white, I hope he got it right, I will try and find out and post. He did say gold - girls, white - boys.
Here I am thinking my little treasures are little goddesses, to be given names like Hero and Penelope, and they may be little gods!!.
Yesterday, I also added a second Columbian Blacktail to my new egg laying flock, a beautiful, stately girl, with black necklace, tail and lovely wingtips, she went straight in with the others, as she had come from a place with loads of "sisters" for company, and rather than leave her solitary, I took a chance.