[ElleKing]

Chick Sexer



Chick sexing is the method of distinguishing the sex of chicken and other hatchlings, usually by a trained person called a chick sexer or chicken sexer. Chicken sexing is practiced mostly by large commercial hatcheries to separate female chicks or "pullets" (destined to lay eggs for commercial sale) from the males or "cockerels" (most of which are killed within days of hatching because they are irrelevant to egg production). The females and a limited number of males kept for meat production are then put on different feeding programs appropriate for their commercial roles.
The two chief methods of sexing chicks are feather sexing and vent sexing.


Vent sexing, also known simply as venting, involves squeezing the feces out of the chick, which opens up the chick's anal vent (called a cloaca) slightly, allowing the chicken sexer to see if the chick has a small "bump", which would indicate that the chick is a male. A paper about vent sexing was published in Japan in 1933 by Professors Masui and Hashimoto, which was soon translated into English under the title sexing baby chicks. After their discovery, interested poultry breeders hired those who had been trained in Masui and Hashimoto's technique, or sent representatives to Japan to learn it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_sexing

Congratulations coolcat59 and thank you all for playing!

[avoran]

Congrats coolcat! Good one ElleKing!

[Amill]

Cool, cat!

[dante11]

i have a question for ElleKing---how long did you have to search for that job????^^......hhhmmmmmm??

[ElleKing]

I just read a Buzzfeed article about weird jobs at the same time I won last round, so really no long

[dante11]

the picture of the cat looks like she is begging for the job!!!--or at least-bring home a few of them for her to play with!!!!

[raindrops]

coolcat59 found the answer in 3 questions which earns 15 WRZ$ and may run the next round.
ElleKing tortured everyone for 58 questions and gets 290 WRZ$.
coolcat59 is invited to be the next guest after sending me a pm with her new occupation for approval...

[coolcat59]

Wow.. I just took a wild guess ! Hahaha.

Dear all, can I pass on the running of the next round to anyone who is keen ? I've been tied up with work and won't be checking the quiz frequently to update the replies. I don't want to kill your fun. :p

Anyone wants to volunteer ?

[13Ice]

that is very kind of you cool.. I vote for dante11

[ElleKing]

that is very kind of you cool.. I vote for dante11

I'll second that!
Plus dante11 was kind of nearing the answer with the Poultry Inseminator

[coolcat59]

Hi dante11. Are you willing to run the next round ?

[dante11]

i appreciate it guys-to be honest-i have a learning disability-and 'running' and contest would be too much for me-i wouldn't be able to figure out how to do it. (i have only been 'online'for a couple of years--and i am 50 ) i can't even enter the contests that involve pasting pictures, because it is too confusing for me. so --please don't think i am saying this to garner sympathy--because believe me--if you knew me--i would 'knock your block off' for suggesting it-ha! ha! ha!--i just really want you to understand why i must refuse. but i REALLY appreciate everyone nominating me. i have been 'secluded' these past few years because of my health--and this website-belonging to it, contributing to the contests, making friends--has really given me so much....and that is so important when you are handicapped--and i just wanted to say to everyone 'thank-you' for that. it really means alot to me. dante

[13Ice]

I am conversing with dante to see if I can assist with this..so if everyone can have a little more patience it would be appreciated ...we can all agree I think that everyone should be able to enjoy every aspect of this site and if a little help is needed...

[Amill]

I'm all in favour.

Go for it Dante!
Ice, you rock!

[ElleKing]

Thanks a lot, Ice
I was about to PM dante with the same proposition, when I saw you already did
Give it a try dante, the only risk is for you (and us) to have even more fun