I feel naive asking but...how is it done?

[rodriguezpoultry]

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No. The testes are midway up the back of a chicken. Check out the caponizing procedure and you will see where.

I know where the testes in a bird are. Can you tell me what a "sack bag" is? When I took Avian Anatomy, they must have skipped that part...

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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The follicle is fertilized before the albumen (white part) is added. It is done before the egg is laid. Your friend must have had a rooster join her flock for a short while...

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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If you are interested in breeding for certain characteristics it's very important to know. If you are interested in buying eggs from a certain rooster, important to know... There are many reasons to know this information. If you just want regular ol' chickens not important. But if you are a serious breeder, 4H breeder, or even a casual breeder working towards a certain type, again might be important you know this information.

Excuse me? And just what has "how" they do it got to do with anything? Do certain breeds do it different? I suppose if your trying to cross a bantam and a Jersey Giant there might be mechanical problems or casualties.
I currently have a bantam friz and he seems to do fine with the big girls. Course he does need a latter but he manages.
I had some "show girls" but I couldn't sleep what with the loud music and honking cars.

Because some breeders prefer to artificially inseminate their birds and would like to know the anatomy and function of the parts.

 

[threehorses]

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Ohhh ddawn - it was awful! LOL I had the best time telling an old farmer down the street. He ribbed me about that for absolute ages!

 

[Judy]

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No. The testes are midway up the back of a chicken. Check out the caponizing procedure and you will see where.

I know where the testes in a bird are. Can you tell me what a "sack bag" is? When I took Avian Anatomy, they must have skipped that part...

OK, here is what I found, at http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultrypage/poultry-FAQ.htm


Answer: The male chicken does not have a penis and therefore there is no penetration of the female reproductive tract at the time of mating. Instead the female inverts the cloaca (site of the common junction of the reproductive and digestive systems) which comes in contact with the male’s inverted cloaca and receives the sperm. The cloaca is then drawn back into the hen’s body and the sperm are captured. They then begin the journey up the length of the reproductive system.

So I assume that the "sac bag" is the male cloaca, which contains the sperm.

They talk about the inverted cloaca, but it sounds to me like everted would be better terminology, as, evidently, the cloacas both move outward, not inward. This is certainly the way it looks from my lawn chair.

 

[Judy]

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Ohhh ddawn - it was awful! LOL I had the best time telling an old farmer down the street. He ribbed me about that for absolute ages!

As many similarities as there are between chickens and ducks, it is somehow wondrous that this aspect is so different.

Life is just great.

 

[Kezzie]

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Ohhh ddawn - it was awful! LOL I had the best time telling an old farmer down the street. He ribbed me about that for absolute ages!

As many similarities as there are between chickens and ducks, it is somehow wondrous that this aspect is so different.

Life is just great.

It seems like a bit of a design flaw. If it works so well the other way (the plunger method

), it's interesting to contemplate why chickens developed this system...

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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I know where the testes in a bird are. Can you tell me what a "sack bag" is? When I took Avian Anatomy, they must have skipped that part...

OK, here is what I found, at http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultrypage/poultry-FAQ.htm


Answer: The male chicken does not have a penis and therefore there is no penetration of the female reproductive tract at the time of mating. Instead the female inverts the cloaca (site of the common junction of the reproductive and digestive systems) which comes in contact with the male’s inverted cloaca and receives the sperm. The cloaca is then drawn back into the hen’s body and the sperm are captured. They then begin the journey up the length of the reproductive system.

So I assume that the "sac bag" is the male cloaca, which contains the sperm.

They talk about the inverted cloaca, but it sounds to me like everted would be better terminology, as, evidently, the cloacas both move outward, not inward. This is certainly the way it looks from my lawn chair.

Yes, that is why the male is on top though. By him pressing his tail down he is able to flatten his cloaca against the protruding hens (thanks to hers being pulled up). The sperm is then transferred.

I was having difficulties figuring out what a "sack bag" was since I had never heard that terminology used to describe the anatomical features of birds. I know the rest of the parts, but again, was asking the person what they meant by "sac bag".

 

[LaSombra]

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I was just curious to know how it works. What's wrong with knowing? It's also interesting to know how their digestive system works, etc. We don't have a crop but chickens do. Interesting to know.

I'm not trying to "be involved" in it all, just wanting to know what will be going on when my chickens get old enough to do all of it.

 

[CallyB57]

Why do you suppose hens make such a big fuss when the roo gets after them...does not sound like a painful process to me. Are they just afraid because the roo is holding them by the neck? Or do they think they are being attacked?