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She's now got a 75% fail rate. I bought 6, 2 came from the "guaranteed female" bin, the others were in the straight run bins, but she said she knew the difference.
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Next time flip a coin. Your odds are way better.
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I meant I bought 6, and 4 were ones she guessed at. Three of those were male. 75% fail rate.
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Yeah, as in "not beating random chance at 50%." Flip a coin, it's more accurate and cheaper.
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Once upon a time, we had unexpected baby rabbits (we adopted a rabbit from a rescue shelter, it gave birth the next day). I sexed the babies, and there were 3 females and 1 male.

Our vet (a rabbit specialist) then came, and sexed them, and found 2 males and 2 females.

They got a little older... 3 females, 1 male.

Who did the sexing? I mean, sounds like they just gave you random chickens.
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G seems like the sort that would sexx0r his chickens personally.
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TheCatt wrote: Who did the sexing? I mean, sounds like they just gave you random chickens.
The bin said "straight run" which means that everything that hatched went in there. The employee "Young Ashley," as I call her, said she was a farm girl and knew what she was doing... a way you hold them and males act like *this,* but females act like *that.*

The other day when I went in to get another bag of feed and I thought I only had 1 rooster I went in there and told her she did a pretty good job, only 1 out of 4 was male. She started telling me about how another way to sex them was to put a metal washer on a string, dangle it in front of the chick's head, and if it swings north to south....

I stopped listening right there. Young Ashley is a moron.

Eventually I got to thinking about their "straight run" bins. If I am the 10th customer that goes in there to buy 6 chicks, then chances are that bin holds a different ratio of 1:1 girls:boys. There will be way more boys in the bin by the time I get there. So.... you know. It's a bad bet.

I found a place online that sends you mail order chicks, and claims to have a 95% sexing success rate, and refunds your money for mistakes. I'll be hitting them in the Spring, instead.
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GORDON wrote:
TheCatt wrote: Who did the sexing? I mean, sounds like they just gave you random chickens.
The bin said "straight run" which means that everything that hatched went in there. The employee "Young Ashley," as I call her, said she was a farm girl and knew what she was doing... a way you hold them and males act like *this,* but females act like *that.*.
You vent them, that's the only way to do it. Stupid cunt. I hope she dies.
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I don't hope death upon her, she's physically attractive so she has value outside of her poor chicken sexing skills.
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GORDON wrote:I meant I bought 6, and 4 were ones she guessed at. Three of those were male. 75% fail rate.
God and randomness seems to be batting 100% though.
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TPRJones wrote:Now whenever your wife brings home raw chicken from the store give it a name so she can't eat it.
Do this and then post the results to Facebook.
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Three eggs today. All remaining poultry confirmed to be female.

A new batch of six chicks expected in the mail next week.
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We are getting either 5 or 6 per day now.
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I am working on a new egg-based diet.
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6 more chicks just shipped to me.

Looking at the 3 dozen eggs I currently have in the fridge, I am regretting expanding my flock at this time. When they are all fully armed and operational I'll be getting 7 or 8 eggs every day.
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Nice. Eggs are yum, and great for any meal of the day.
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GORDON wrote:6 more chicks just shipped to me.

Looking at the 3 dozen eggs I currently have in the fridge, I am regretting expanding my flock at this time. When they are all fully armed and operational I'll be getting 7 or 8 eggs every day.
Drinks with egg yolks. Start developing some new tastes. As for the whites, they're supposed to be great workout fuel.
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Tracking shows my new chicks will probably be here in the morning. Sigh.
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You got plenty of ways to process and use eggs. I'd be mixing whites and maybe a yolk or two into the daily soylent if I had a steady supply.
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GORDON wrote:Tracking shows my new chicks will probably be here in the morning. Sigh.
Get a better class of escorts and they'll show up the same day. When do your chickens arrive?
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