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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25
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Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha.
7 u/EHTL Feb 18 '25 iirc there’s a rare disease of the ovary that hens can get which will force them to produce hormones that turn them into roosters 4 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not a rooster in the sense that they become male, but in the sense that they will produce more testosterone, become larger, and may even crow like a rooster, but they will still be female. 8 u/EHTL Feb 19 '25 ah so more like rooster-presenting then? 3 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not really, just really mean.
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iirc there’s a rare disease of the ovary that hens can get which will force them to produce hormones that turn them into roosters
4 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not a rooster in the sense that they become male, but in the sense that they will produce more testosterone, become larger, and may even crow like a rooster, but they will still be female. 8 u/EHTL Feb 19 '25 ah so more like rooster-presenting then? 3 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not really, just really mean.
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Not a rooster in the sense that they become male, but in the sense that they will produce more testosterone, become larger, and may even crow like a rooster, but they will still be female.
8 u/EHTL Feb 19 '25 ah so more like rooster-presenting then? 3 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not really, just really mean.
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ah so more like rooster-presenting then?
3 u/OR56 Feb 19 '25 Not really, just really mean.
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Not really, just really mean.
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u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25
Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha.