The profession of chicken sexador is previously presented to you among the strangest jobs in the world, however, it is not a work only curious and that, sincerely , we giggle, even if it seems incredible, those who are dedicated to it have skills that even science tries to decipher.Let's dig into the subject!
Skilful chicken sexer
On an economic and food level there is a big difference between chickens and chickens .While they lay eggs, chickens do not and, if they are in contact with females, they are annoying.what when leaving the egg the chicks , it is necessary to differentiate which are males from which they are females to separate them.

The difficulty? It is really complicated to discern between chickens and chickens when they are so young and, in fact, until less than a century ago it was practically impossible.This is where the importance of the sexador is of chickens.
When did this profession appear?
In the 20s , in Japan , veterinarians noticed that in one part of the rectum of the chicks there were folds that were different between one type of chick and others.Results were keys to differentiate females and males .

However, These brands are not easy to interpret , so after the World Poultry Congress held in Ottawa seven years later ( 1927 ) a new profession was created: sexador of chickens .These experts will be trained last I wish you to become professionals able to differentiate female chick from one male, saving time and money to the companies they worked for.Hence, the salary of these workers is so large or: they are experts and also their function is basic for the poultry companies .
The hard training of the sexador of chickens
Apparently, becoming a chicken sexador is not easy.Besides a tremendous skill when dealing with chickens without hurting them, a prodigious memory is required since you have to learn a thousand different sewage provisions (the folds and bulges we talked about previously) and know how to recognize them.

According to Joshua Foer, scientific journalist and author of » Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything », the Zen Nippon School of Chicken Sexators was a center of a very high demand in which only 5% to 10% of the students approved their two-year training .That if, when you graduated you made sure to receive with your work $ 500 a day .Nothing bad, right? Gradually, these professionals were touring the planet and getting their knowledge to new sexers around the world.
A mystery for science
Even scientists find it hard to explain how a sexador can differentiate the sex of 1200 chickens in one hour , hitting between 98% and 99% of the time.Being such a difficult task to do it at this speed also implies a talent, a intuition that is difficult to justify.
It is quite surprising that a profession around which so many jokes have been made requires such specific skills and be so important business.Did you find it curious? Did you expect it?
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