Weird things only poultry people get.

[JadeFarms]

Watch out, guinea fowl will peck you to death, then they may even eat you.

Fortunately I’m not gonna be running into any guinea fowl soon

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Ok, let me clarify, the gender of all multicellular organisms is determined by weather the of offspring get a y or x chromosome from their father (they always get x from their mother) if a child gets a x chromosome, its a girl, y its a boy. In chickens I suppose y chromosomes are more sensitive to cold, and often dye off. I think being mammals, the temperature is more easily monitered, where eggs are entirely dependent on incubator/mom. In nature, mother hens actually hatch more hens than roos, usually, and stressed hens hatch more hens to. Tiny science lesson, yes, I played a lot of attention to Jr. High science.

Chickens don’t have X and Y chromosomes I don’t think. I think they have other letters.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Cats do, that's how you get a male calico, its a genetic mutation where the kitten gets 2 x and one y.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Cats do, that's how you get a male calico, its a genetic mutation where the kitten gets 2 x and one y.

I think mammals have X and Y chromosomes, but other types of animals ( which are multicellular organisms) have different letters. I can’t verify this but I think chickens have Z and W chromosomes.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

They have z as well, I'm not sure which that replaces.(in chickens)

 

[The Happster]

Cats do, that's how you get a male calico, its a genetic mutation where the kitten gets 2 x and one y.

I think mammals have X and Y chromosomes, but other types of animals ( which are multicellular organisms) have different letters. I can’t verify this but I think chickens have Z and W chromosomes.

Y'all lost me a few pages back.

 

[donddon]

I think mammals have X and Y chromosomes, but other types of animals ( which are multicellular organisms) have different letters. I can’t verify this but I think chickens have Z and W chromosomes.

And some have 5 toes.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Y'all lost me a few pages back.

here’s a map *throws map*

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Fresheggsdaily.com, look up secret to hatching only hens, obviously I don't remember all the facts.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

And some have 5 toes.