← Back to context Comment by rags2riches 7 years ago Now I'm curious. Do you know what a cloaca is and how it is related to eggs? 4 comments rags2riches Reply benj111 7 years ago Are 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-reprod... rags2riches 7 years ago I did not know that! ergothus 7 years ago I 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 7 years ago No 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.
benj111 7 years ago Are 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-reprod... rags2riches 7 years ago I did not know that!
ergothus 7 years ago I 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 7 years ago No 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.
rags2riches 7 years ago No 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.
Are 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-reprod...
I did not know that!
I 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.
No 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.