# Baraka and chickens **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257 "2011-01-19T23:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ricth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ricth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/1 "2011-01-19T23:27:37Z")
During the film Baraka there is a scene where a line worker grabs a chick of the line, spreads its wing, wing-let?, and then tosses the chick into a chute. What is the worker looking at and what is being decided? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/2 "2011-01-19T23:29:37Z")
I’m not familiar with the movie, but it sounds like he was determining the sex of the chicken, which turned out to male and subsequently tossed into a kill-chute. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/3 "2011-01-20T02:31:43Z")
I love this movie. I was wondering about this too. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/4 "2011-01-20T03:24:27Z")
[Here’s a clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mUitg6oKhc). The chick-checking part is at around 4:00. My guess is they’re just checking to see if the chicks have correctly formed wings. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/5 "2011-01-20T03:31:55Z")
That’s chicken sexing, as Bryan said. The quickest way to tell males from females at that age is to look at a row of feathers on the wing. IIRC, it’s straight in one sex, but not in the other. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/6 "2011-01-20T03:35:03Z")
One of my favorite movies. Rumor has it they’re working on a sequel. Yes, that particular scene involves determining the sex of the chick. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/7 "2011-01-20T16:06:20Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > One of my favorite movies. Rumor has it they’re working on a sequel. That rumor’s been swirling around for years now. latest claim is a [2011 release.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara_(2010_film)) [More info here.](http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/samsara) ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baraka-and-chickens/568257/8 "2011-01-21T03:22:56Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > That rumor’s been swirling around for years now. latest claim is a [2011 release.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara_(2010_film)) > > [More info here.](http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/samsara) Finally. I can’t wait.