Chick grading characteristics

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  • Reflex: Flips over in 3 seconds when placed on its back.

  • Navel: Clean and well-healed.

  • Legs: Clean, waxy, and well-hydrated.

  • Hocks: Clean, no blemishes.

  • Defects: No defects


Excellent (A grade)

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  • Reflex: Flips over in 4 to 10 seconds when placed on its back.

  • Navel: Closed but has slight scabbing.

  • Legs: Some dryness and/or pale.

  • Hocks: Slight blushing.

  • Defects: Light blushing.

Acceptable (B grade)

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  • Reflex: Cannot flip over in less than 10 seconds.

  • Navel: Not closed, with string or black button attached, or discolored.

  • Legs: Dehydrated, with vein protruding.

  • Hocks: Red color with heavy blushing.

  • Defects: Various defects such as missing eye/blindness, leg cuts or abrasions, splayed legs, cross beak, poor feathering, and clubbed down.

Cull (C grade)

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Characteristics in chick grading

Excellent (A grade), acceptable (B grade), cull ( C grade)