Pass Me Another Chicken This One's Full

Apparently "attractive" male chickens (note avoidance of use of the word cock) produce less sperm per "intense moment of Divine beauty" than his less attractive counterpart.

The theory being that a Brad Pitt look-alike chicken will get so many more copping off opportunities than the unfortunate Carlos Tevez version, that he deliberately spreads his load as it were.

Meanwhile your Abi Titmuss of the chicken world has so much sperm from so many different males swilling around inside her that a 'sperm competition' goes on. That's probably a bit like the preliminary rounds of the FA Cup I'd guess. Derbyshire Redcaps 2, Buff Orpington 1.

Fascinating stuff. A bit like Middlesbrough on a Saturday night. Adds a whole new dimension to the expressions "spit roast" or "spatchcock" doesn't it?

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