I ordered several sexed pullets and a few polish in each color along with a few silkies in buff and blue to replace some chicks, and I was wondering if Ideal was fair with their straight run or if they were one of these hatcheries I've heard about that sends you three roos to every hen. I'm wondering if I should up the number of chicks in each color to help my chances for pullets. How many do you guys suggest for each type or color? Murray McMurray was fair, but I don't want 25 chicks.
Ideal Hatchery and straight runs
I always thought straight run meant chicks are pulled and not sexed at all so what you get is what you get with no rhyme or reason except breed and color choice. If you want a specific sex you need to order them sexed.
Now I will say that in my straight run orders from Ideal I got a fair ratio for the most part. Out of 10 black australorps only 2 were cockerels. Now the buff orpingtons were the opposite. Out of 10 I had a total of 6 cockerels. The other breeds were more pullets than cockerels.
But I do believe with straight run you just take your chances, same as if you hatch an incubator full of eggs, ya get what ya get.
Julie
Straight run is you take your chances. I ordered straight run red silkies and silver sebrights, I am not sure on the silkies yet, the silver sebrights were all hens! And the marans were correct, 6 hens and one roo exactly what I ordered.
I ordered from Meyer Hatchery and so far I got exactly what I ordered. My mom got 90% accuracy as promised ( one accidental roo)
I think straight run is take your chances, but I hear what you are saying. I think that with murray-mcmurray, the "bonus chick" you can get with a lot of orders is probably going to be male.
Wait, I see how I might of confused everyone. What I meant to say was that I ordered several sexed pullets like sussex, salmons, and a cochin, and also ordered a few straight run of polish, and silkies. Out of the straight runs I was wondering what number would be safe to order to end up with at least one hen from each type like three maybe?
Well, according to probability, you have a 50/50 chance with each chick. Or 1/2 chance with one chick.
If you get 2 chickens, you have a 1/4 chance that they will both be male.
With three chickens you have a 1/8 chance they will all be male
...with 4 a 1/16 chance.
...with 5 a 1/32 chance, etc.
Soooo, If it were me, I would get a minimum of 4, since 1/16 is only
a 6.25% chance that they will all be male. Or course, the more you get, the less the probability they will all be male.
That being said, you probably want to make sure that you have more hens than roos for the sake of the hens.
And that, my friends, is math on a Sunday morning.
Oh Myyyyyyyyyyy! BYH, I need an aspirin! Girrrrrrrrrrl, its a good thing you are the teacher and not ME!! MATH ... eeeeeyucky phtoooooooooeee!!!! LOL!!!!
Oh well, At least you can make it understandable enough for even old me to figure out!!! I had never even thought about the possibilities of how many to order according to a ratio!!!! Now I know!! Thanks!
I get emails from Ideal on their specials and they are sooooo great! Their best deals are usually one day notices.. order Now because tomorrow will be tooo late. I just hope one day they send the email to me the day of the sale and not the day after!!!!! (sigh)
ROFLMAO!!! Wow, thanks. It's all so clear now. ; )
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