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Now I'm curious. Do you know what a cloaca is and how it is related to eggs?
by rags2riches 7y ago
Now I'm curious. Do you know what a cloaca is and how it is related to eggs?
- benj111 7y agoAre you referring to the passing poo and eggs through the same hole? "When a hen lays an egg, her uterus turns inside out beyond the cloaca that the egg never touches the nasty stuff." https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/06/chicken-reproduction.html https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/06/chicken-reprod...
- rags2riches 7y agoI did not know that!
- ergothus 7y agoI do...my wife actually has some hens. I don't see how that contradicts my question at all. We end up with eggs that I am not eager to be handling/storing without washing, but apparently the rest of world manages this, so I am curious how.
- rags2riches 7y agoNo contradiction at all. I just thought it would be funny if you were worried about chicken poo and were ignorant about that part of hen anatomy. Turns out I was the ignorant one, as per benj111's reply below.