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pos
4th November 2002, 19:57
The other day my niece asked the question "do chickens shag?" so do they?? and if they do... does the cockeral fertilise the hen seeing as its impossible to fertilse each individual egg... if u understand what i mean....

so this is our mission at the moment, to find out if chickens shag! so please help our cause and make my niece a little less puzzled
Eskimo
4th November 2002, 20:25
no cockrels are alarm clocks hens are omnisex.... (dont know if thats the right word) and fertilise themselves.
Darkblane
4th November 2002, 20:53
Cockerals are required to fertilise the eggs, to get chicks, otherwise you just get scrambled eggs.

My parents used to own chickens, and a cockeral, but I can't remember the exact details about that side of things ...

I'm guessing that the cockeral just fertilises a few eggs from each chicken, and the rest of the eggs just end up unfertilised.
Badcrumble
4th November 2002, 21:05
as far as i know chicken sex is so distressing and tiring that it last mere seconds and takes the chicken by total suprise.
Cheez
4th November 2002, 21:48
:eek: Poor chickens
TE-Hellfire
4th November 2002, 22:51
Ahhh, that's all well and good but why did the chicken cross the road?

</smug>
Gifted
5th November 2002, 13:30
you bunch of townies!

yes pos you are correct. the cock fertilises the hen.... how often depends on the type of chickens :rolleyes:

of course the hen can still produce eggs without being shagged... but they only good for eating.. thus battery hens are stuck in a box for mass egg laying. :mad:
Boffykins
5th November 2002, 14:00
That's why we eat Chicken Eggs not Chicken foetuses (or foetii? ;))
Noodleman
5th November 2002, 14:29
im quite suprised nobody has started comparing cock sizes...

I used to keep chickens when I was younger :D, I was most upset when it ran away. hehe,
Strych
5th November 2002, 19:15
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:Dlg0f0vW74sC:qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/alternative/student/aviculture_poultry_farming.doc+chickens+reproduce&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Learn to use google!
LordPhil
5th November 2002, 19:34
Originally posted by Badcrumble
as far as i know chicken sex is so distressing and tiring that it last mere seconds and takes the chicken by total suprise. I am just worried that you actually know that fact.
Badcrumble
5th November 2002, 19:59
got from my fairly agricultural mate and or tv.