UCP Blog 013: Listeners Have Hens Who Spontaneously Sex Reversed!

Lucy the Crowing Hen - photo courtesy of Karen Seelert

Lucy the Crowing Hen – photo courtesy of Karen Seelert

Synchronicity has struck in the Urban Chicken Podcast family. Last week brought two seemingly unrelated emails from separate Urban Chicken Podcast listeners about the same unusual topic – spontaneous sex reversal in their hens! That seems more than just an odd coincidence.  Continue reading

UCP Episode 018: Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Chickens – My Hen Just Became a Rooster!

Gynandromorph Chicken -photo by Roslin Institute @ Univ. of Edinburgh

Gynandromorph Chicken -photo by Roslin Institute @ Univ. of Edinburgh

Probably, if you have been following this podcast for a while now, you have noticed that I can’t get enough of the stories and news items that are based in the realm of the bizarre. Despite my clear predilection for that which is odd and curious, there is a deeper driving force behind today’s episode.   Oh, indeed!  This episode arises out of an actual situation and need I have based on recent behavioral changes in my favorite hen, Frida.  Her unexpected change — Frida is trying to crow like a rooster.   Continue reading

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