Okay, so I've just finished reading this thread.
So I've been thinking about it, and most birds I've seen mating seem to work the same way chickens do, though I can't claim to have gotten up close and personal to be sure if it actually is a similar act. Ducks, however . . . well, there have been several times I've witnessed a long, curly, uh . . . thing . . . make its appearance from the rear of a male duck. So, I'm assuming ducks have a certain something to help them get the job done, where chickens do not. Am I right? But . . . why? Is there a reason ducks would need it, where chickens wouldn't? Does it have something to do with being waterfowl, and if so, do geese have it?
Depending on the answer to that last question, I could be made that much happier about ordering only female geese. As much as I grew up around farm animals doing what farm animals do, I don't think I've ever been more traumatized than when I witnessed those ducks letting it all hang out.
ETA: I was a girl the last time I had ducks, but even if I had been an adult when I first saw a duck penis, I retain my right to be as awed, inspired, grossed out, traumatized, or thrilled by anything nature can show me. If I had to deny my emotional responses to the cuteness or grossness of things simply because I know it's natural for fear for my psyche, I'd stay inside all day and get rid of my pets and house plants.
So I've been thinking about it, and most birds I've seen mating seem to work the same way chickens do, though I can't claim to have gotten up close and personal to be sure if it actually is a similar act. Ducks, however . . . well, there have been several times I've witnessed a long, curly, uh . . . thing . . . make its appearance from the rear of a male duck. So, I'm assuming ducks have a certain something to help them get the job done, where chickens do not. Am I right? But . . . why? Is there a reason ducks would need it, where chickens wouldn't? Does it have something to do with being waterfowl, and if so, do geese have it?
Depending on the answer to that last question, I could be made that much happier about ordering only female geese. As much as I grew up around farm animals doing what farm animals do, I don't think I've ever been more traumatized than when I witnessed those ducks letting it all hang out.
ETA: I was a girl the last time I had ducks, but even if I had been an adult when I first saw a duck penis, I retain my right to be as awed, inspired, grossed out, traumatized, or thrilled by anything nature can show me. If I had to deny my emotional responses to the cuteness or grossness of things simply because I know it's natural for fear for my psyche, I'd stay inside all day and get rid of my pets and house plants.
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