Friday, July 19, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Rooster chasing my pullet

 

What ever.
 
Cathryn  rainbowsilkiesTM  in  Michigan






From: jajeanpierre <jajeanpierre@yahoo.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:53 AM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Rooster chasing my pullet

 
A penis? A bump is more accurate a description. There is no penetration when chickens mate, so in reference to "rape" in chickens I think my assertion that they don't have a penis is more accurate to the person on the list (most of us) who is not an avian biologist. But, let's not split hairs over this. Here is a quote from Texas A&M's web site:

http://www.extension.org/pages/65373/avian-reproductive-systemmale

"Each vas deferens opens into a small bump, or papilla, on the back wall of the cloaca. The papillae (plural of papilla) serve as the mating organs. (The rudimentary copulatory organ located on the middle and front portion of the cloaca is inaccurately named because the chicken does not use it for copulation, or mating. It is used by breeders to classify the sex of baby chicks.)"

Janet

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Roosters/cockerels have an itty bitty penis inside their cloaca. It is how they are sexed as chicks. Cockerels have a larger bump inside their cloaca than pullets. 
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> Cathryn  rainbowsilkiesTM  in Michigan



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