A bird's cloaca is the passage through which a bird urinates, defecates and lays eggs. When engaged in any of these activities, the terminus looks like an "O", when not urinating, defecating or laying an egg the terminus looks rather like an asterix (*).
I want to raise chicken but I don't know which type would be the best for me since my property is quite small. I was told that genie hens are pretty good around other pets like dogs and cats and that they eat fleas and small bugs. What do genie hens look like and what color eggs do they lay?
The vent is also called the cloaca. The cloaca is the common multi purpose organ for mating, egg laying (hens only) and fecal matter. The vent is located just under the chickens tail feathers. For roosters the cloaca is the site of the internal sexual organ.
Personally, after raising chickens of all types for 35 years, my hens look like hens. However, some of my roosters also look like hens. Not only can there be delayed feathering in a rooster, but genetically there is a condition called "hen feathered rooster". In delayed feathering, the rooster pattern will occur eventually. In the genetic condition, you know you've got a "hen feathered rooster" when he starts mounting the hens and exposes the penis during a "cloacal kiss".
When the male chicken (rooster) stands on the hens back to mate he lowers his body and lifts his tail to expose his cloaca. The hen lifts her back end up and exposes her cloaca until they touch and the sperm packet is transferred.
Hens like to eat grains.
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The cloaca - is located at the base of the tail. If you look at the scale pattern on the underside of the snakes body, the scales are primarily rectangular in shape, and lined up side-by-side (think of it like a ladder) - these are the ventral scales. Towards the tail, the pattern changes to shorter, more rounded scales. The junction between the two patterns is the snake's cloaca.
A squab is a type of pigeon, which are usually white. When they are cooked, they resemble small chickens or hens.
the term egg bound refers to a condition in laying hens where a hen is unable to pass an egg that has formed. The egg may be stuck near the cloaca, or further inside
No. Mammals do not have cloaca's.
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