Even still, this is clearly not an alpha carousel! The chickens are the one riding him, and he’s clearly a beta mancloaca* for letting them walk all over him. I’m sure they’d be spitting if only they had lips!
*And just like that, my search history now includes the phrase “female chicken genitals”
Actually, now that I think about it, mancloaca doesn’t work as a ‘hurr durr yer a girl’ insult since ‘cloaca’ is a neutral term for all chicken’s naughty-bits. /joke fail
Seconding filetofswordfish: the three in front definitely hens (the one between his legs hard to tell because comb cannot be seen clearly but probably a hen); the one in the back with the larger comb (red growth on top of head) and larger wattles is the rooster. Who also seems to have a larger…..beak.
Anthony, generally it’s referred to as a “cock carousel” — that’s why the woman in the banner at the top of roughly half the pages here is riding a rooster.
Also, I am well aware of the joke potential of the word “pussy.”
Provided the fellow lying on the ground has not been too closely associated with Loreena Bobbit – I think it’s safe to say there are two cocks in that picture, albeit one is buried under a hen and some articles of clothing.
I thought only roosters had combs, but I’m a city girl, so I stand corrected. 😛
Magpie
13 years ago
The boss rooster has a bigger comb than the other roosters, and the boss hen has a bigger comb than the other hens. If the boss hen or rooster dies, whichever chook takes over grows a bigger comb.
Well *that’s* awesome! I didn’t even know there were boss hens! 😀
Magpie
13 years ago
She’s at the top of the pecking order! she even bosses the rooster a bit – like Chanticleer’s Pardelote 😉
cynickal
13 years ago
It all looks like dinner to me.
ohiken
13 years ago
AND there are at least a dozen different shapes of combs depending on breed and variety. Most are familiar with the classic single comb, but there is also; pea, rose, cushion, walnut,V, buttercup.A hen’s single comb is bigger than a cock’s pea comb.
Magpie
13 years ago
Do you breed and show chooks, ohiken?
Alpha Asshole Cock Carousel
13 years ago
Um, the proper terminology is “Alpha Asshole Cock Carousel”.
I should know.
Charlie
13 years ago
Yes. But where are the chicks?
Amnesia
13 years ago
Funny, I just visited someone with chickens today. Was thinking about getting some at one time, but zoning laws for our subdivision wouldn’t allow it.
Anyway, I got to see the new chicks they just got this week. So adorable!
ohiken
13 years ago
Yes, yes I do! I currently have a flock of araucanas, but I’m thinking of switching to sussex or wyandottes next year. I’m a registered cock expert, if there is one.
We Hunted The Mammoth
Ehhh at least one is a rooster. /farmgirl.
Even still, this is clearly not an alpha carousel! The chickens are the one riding him, and he’s clearly a beta mancloaca* for letting them walk all over him. I’m sure they’d be spitting if only they had lips!
*And just like that, my search history now includes the phrase “female chicken genitals”
*are the ones. Damn you, WordPress!
Actually, now that I think about it, mancloaca doesn’t work as a ‘hurr durr yer a girl’ insult since ‘cloaca’ is a neutral term for all chicken’s naughty-bits. /joke fail
Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
(Well, aside from the whole sex with chickens part.)
Seconding filetofswordfish: the three in front definitely hens (the one between his legs hard to tell because comb cannot be seen clearly but probably a hen); the one in the back with the larger comb (red growth on top of head) and larger wattles is the rooster. Who also seems to have a larger…..beak.
*former farmgirl too*
There’s at least one gallic cock in that photo (says the guy who used to tend a flock of forty-odd hens/five cocks).
I can’t say as I want to ever “sex a chicken”, but hey, YKIOK.
Ithiliana: I guess we just know a cock when we see one.
The MRM expression is:
“Riding the Alpha dick carousel.”
Consequently, the female equivalet expression would be:
“Riding the Alpha pussy carousel.”
They should have been cats, David. I am disappointed in you 🙂
The proper terminology is “alpha cock carousel.” Thanks anyway, Zarat.
Hey, I never said they were ALL hens!
Anthony, generally it’s referred to as a “cock carousel” — that’s why the woman in the banner at the top of roughly half the pages here is riding a rooster.
Also, I am well aware of the joke potential of the word “pussy.”
The proper terminology is “alpha cock carousel.”
I stand corrected.
har har har
Provided the fellow lying on the ground has not been too closely associated with Loreena Bobbit – I think it’s safe to say there are two cocks in that picture, albeit one is buried under a hen and some articles of clothing.
Dang, how do you guys even *tell*? *squints*
I thought only roosters had combs, but I’m a city girl, so I stand corrected. 😛
The boss rooster has a bigger comb than the other roosters, and the boss hen has a bigger comb than the other hens. If the boss hen or rooster dies, whichever chook takes over grows a bigger comb.
Well *that’s* awesome! I didn’t even know there were boss hens! 😀
She’s at the top of the pecking order! she even bosses the rooster a bit – like Chanticleer’s Pardelote 😉
It all looks like dinner to me.
AND there are at least a dozen different shapes of combs depending on breed and variety. Most are familiar with the classic single comb, but there is also; pea, rose, cushion, walnut,V, buttercup.A hen’s single comb is bigger than a cock’s pea comb.
Do you breed and show chooks, ohiken?
Um, the proper terminology is “Alpha Asshole Cock Carousel”.
I should know.
Yes. But where are the chicks?
Funny, I just visited someone with chickens today. Was thinking about getting some at one time, but zoning laws for our subdivision wouldn’t allow it.
Anyway, I got to see the new chicks they just got this week. So adorable!
Yes, yes I do! I currently have a flock of araucanas, but I’m thinking of switching to sussex or wyandottes next year. I’m a registered cock expert, if there is one.
“I’m a registered cock expert, if there is one.”
That’s what HE said.
/immature