Jun 12th, 2008 | Animals survey

"Honor", The chicken who became a rooster


A chicken called Honor surprised its owner when it turned from a hen into a rooster.

Gill Whiteley discovered her chicken had swapped genders: She has grown a bigger comb and longer wattles beneath her neck, stopped laying eggs and began crowing. Here are the before and after pics.

Whiteley turned to the internet where she discovered that chickens sex change is a one-in-10,000 rarity: It happens when a damaged ovary causes the hen's testosterone levels to soar and therefore the bird's appearance and behaviour change from female to male (FTM). dailymail, where else?


Honor, The chicken who became a rooster


27 votes, 166 views , 1 comment
 
 
Poll tags:Animals, Hen, Rooster, Sex Change, Nature, Ftm, Chicken, Gender

 
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Mrsrich1
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Maryland, United States

posted Jun 13th, 2008 at 00:36 CDT

LMAO oh man this was funny!

 
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