Anybody heard of this?

[Royal Flush Game Birds]

Had a buddy of mine that said a fellow he knows made this comment to him about egg setting. I was wondering if there was anything to it.

Setting eggs in the morning produces more hens.

Setting eggs in the evening produces more roos.

I normally set my eggs in the evening as I work late and normally I have an abundance of roos compared to hens.What do yall think?

[JohnInDixon]

Not sure how this could be possible, but since you mention it... me too!  I usually start the incubating Wed night after church, 2 weeks later (after Wed night church) I stop turning the eggs and my hatch starts that Friday night.  Cycle works good for me, but I too, have too many roosters compared to my hens.

Will have to to try the other way around. hmmmm

John

[Britton Howe]

I've always wondered why I always have more rooster pheasants. this last bunch of pheasant chicks out of 28 of them only 5 are hens. but it's been like that for me every time  i have a hatch of pheasants. have'nt notice on my quail.

[gsc]

I've not kept track, but I have been running close to 50/50 plus or minus.  I always have too many roosters, but thats because I don't need as many roos as hens.

[pamike]

I set mine around 5 in the evening and I usually get about 3 roos to 7 hens average. I don't think time of day has anything to do with it. I have heard that incubator average temp does have some bearing on sex but I am not sure how that one goes.

mike

[aKirA]

Yea I don't think time of day has anything to do with it since in the incubator is pretty much it's own atmosphere. Mostly dark in mines. I've had variations of hens vs rooster percentage.

[kcgamebirdfarm]

well it is a fact of nature that males have a better chance and are more likely - reason being why you see allot of people with male birds and no hens - either they are hard to find or they are vary expensive. Also as far as pheasants go i have my oldest group of 400 and i think there is 150 hens in there give or take but that is average also with pheasants the males are stronger than the females and the chick and young birds you lose are normally hens

I am usually working late as now it is 11 pm already and half the time i don't get a chance to set my eggs till mid night - so whats that telling me is it late at night or early in the morning and that should at least even things out.. Right?

Kyle