Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Chicken can Change Gender

This abnormal behavior or indeed change sex. Chickens belonging to couple Jim and Jeanette Howard who came from Huntington, England had gender changes from female to male.


Pet chicken named Gertie began pacing in the yard and crowed like a stud. A few weeks later, the male characters begin to grow, like wattle on the chin, cockscomb on his head, and dark brown fur typical stud

Description of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences University of Florida in 2000 stated," Changes in sex in fact happened, though not soften. But until now, have not found the change from male to female."

But unlike humans, chicken ovaries developed only in the left hip only. Meanwhile, would have sex in the right hip will experience dormancy, do not develop into males and females. Part of dormancy called ovotestis.