Egg-laying chooks

["Anthony Overs" <>]

Never mind what the chook feels, imagine a kiwi’s eyes watering as it lays its egg!

 

http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/AboutTheBird/KiwiLifeCycle/Producinganegg.htm

 

 

 

From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2008 5:55 PM
To: Paul Taylor
Cc: Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Egg-laying chooks

 

So I guess the question is, to what extent is the size of a chook egg the result of human fiddling around with genetics? 

 

Or to put it another way,

1. do Red Jungle Fowl have a similar sized egg to an Australorp; and/or
2. do they make the same ruckus when laying in the wild?

 

Martin

On Jan 5, 2008 5:36 PM, Paul Taylor <> wrote:

Chris Davey wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why chooks make so much noise during the egg-laying

> process?

I think Red Dwarf summed it up nicely:

The Cat: What was it like, being a hamster?

Lister:  Well, it was better than being a chicken I mean, you've seen

         the size of an egg. You've seen the size of a chicken's bum.

         I was trying to say, in chicken-talk, "For God's sake, give me

         an epidural."

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