I've had this question on my mind for the longest of times. Since chickens are females and they periodically release unfertilized eggs, are those eggs considered periods?
^_^ please do answer, I'd love to mess with my friends with this one.
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2007-09-06 18:01:31 · 5 answers · asked by Stranger 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sorry Cero and Botany Dave:
You're only partly right. But first, let's get our terminology straight. "Menses" is the proper term for mammalian ovulation. "Heat" is a common term for non-human menses. "Period" is a common term that refers to human menses. ALL healthy, unaltered, fertile adult females ovulate in their particular way... even female plant parts!
Mere ovulation stops after the point of fertilization.
An un-inseminated hen will continue to lay an egg nearly daily.
An inseminated hen will lay a clutch of fertilized eggs and stop laying eggs for a time.
An un-inseminated woman will dislodge an ovum nearly monthly.
An inseminated woman will gestate the fertilized ovum inside her body and stop dislodging ova for a time.
Ovulation is remarkably similar from one species to to another. Snakes are even less similar to humans than chickens and many of them give live birth like humans!
The differences are mainly semantic.
2007-09-06 21:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Bennett 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
YES! It is a period.
That is interesting right?
I'm vegetarian and after I found out...I never ate another egg again. That was ten years ago. But Yes, in the basic sense, as it appears you are asking from the wording of your question...an egg is either a chicken period or chicken fetus...depending on whether or not it is fertilized...
2007-09-06 18:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by LUCKY3 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
no, chickens do not go through mensus as humans do. the egg that humans release is awaits fertilization as it travels through the reproductive tract. a chickens egg is fully formed and cannot be fertalized as is travels down to be laid. chicken eggs need to be fertalized prior to eggshell formation so no it is not the same thing
2007-09-06 18:18:35 · answer #3 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
No. It's an unfertilized egg.
Bird biology does not equal mammal biology.
Thanks cero.
2007-09-06 18:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
yes (Botany Dave needs to stick to his plants !)
2007-09-06 18:16:24 · answer #5 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋