MIRACLE: "Sex-change" Chicken Shocks Cambridgeshire Owner
This news article on the Front Page News made me laugh. I figured I'd change things up and have the Title of this Blog Entry list itself as a "Miracle." Hehe!
1) News states that a chicken appears to have transformed from a female hen to a rooster in England
2) I said in Blog Entry #3794566 about Adult Star Sunny Leone born 5/13 when the Virgin Mother was seen in 1917
3) England is the Mother Country
4) Sunny Leone is born in 1981
5) 1981 is Year of the Rooster
6) Sunny Leone is female
7) I said in Blog Entry #3793002 about the Virgin Mary Riddle about the Virgin Mary being a guy
8) I said in Blog Entry #3795082 about my mom and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane born 12/8
9) A "Hatcher" would be a chicken that "hatches" eggs
10) A T/E-RI Hatcher would be a Female 5/13 Chicken or in this case a 5/13 Rooster
If Sunny Leone born 5/13 is Lois Lane in a Superman Software Program and Teri Hatcher, as a Female 5/13 Chicken, played Lois Lane, that would be your alignment.
Gertie the Rooster was said to have changed or evolved. If Sunny Leone is born 5/13 aligning with the Virgin Mother and 1981 for Year of the Rooster, a hen in the Mother Country transforming into a Rooster would align with that.
That's why I figured why not classify this as a "Miracle" if the News Article surfaces within hours of my Blog Entry that was posted :D.
================
31 March 2011 Last updated at 05:35 ET
Share this page
325
"Sex-change" Chicken Shocks Cambridgeshire Owner
Gertie the hen Mrs Howard is not sure whether to refer to Gertie the chicken as a male or a female
Continue reading the main story
Related Stories
* Experts unravel 'churkey' mystery
* Chickens 'show signs of empathy'
A hen surprised its owner when it stopped laying eggs, grew chin wattles and began to crow like a cockerel.
Gertie is one of two hens kept by Jeanette Howard and her husband Jim, from near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Mrs Howard said both hens had produced fewer eggs over the winter, but then Gertie stopped laying altogether and developed male characteristics.
Specialist poultry vet Marion Ford said fungi in stored feed could have the effects of synthetic hormones.
Mrs Howard first noticed the changes in Gertie's appearance and behaviour a few months ago, when both hens began to moult.
"I thought Gertie came out of that really well," she said.
"She grew back lots more feathers - she was quite straggly before - and I also realised that she had filled out quite a lot. Gertie looked very healthy."
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
I heard her try to crow - she wasn't very good at it at first”
End Quote Jeanette Howard
'Strutting and crowing'
Mrs Howard said Gertie then developed wattles and her comb became much larger and more distinctive than it used to be.
Gertie also began strutting around the coop and "frog-marching" around the garden.
"Then a few days later I heard her try to crow. She wasn't very good at it at first, but she's progressed nicely and now she really goes for it," Mrs Howard said.
Cambridge veterinary surgeon, Marion Ford, told the BBC that an apparent sex change in hens was not uncommon.
She said that it could be caused by mycotoxins or fungi that can develop when animal feed is stored, and these have the same effect as synthetic hormones.
"An increase in testosterone will result in a hen growing an extended comb, exaggerated wattles, and cockerel-like behaviour including strutting and crowing," explained Mrs Ford.
Mrs Howard said: "I'm not really sure whether Gertie has actually changed sex, but to all intents and purposes she's now a cockerel."
It is not known whether the effects of the mycotoxins are reversible.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12906196