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The rooster-hen mating ritual is a bizarre and wholly unlikely act. From unique behaviors to a trying physicality, the rooster's role in mating is a challenge.
A rooster's mating ritual can be a fascinating thing to watch. If the hen doesn't move away in rejection, he'll begin the sexual encounter.
The roosters' reproductive anatomy differs from many other animals, chiefly due to the bird's lack of a penis or other external genitalia -- everything's concealed. The rooster's sexual organ is called a papilla, a small bump inside his cloaca from which semen exits. To mate, a rooster climbs onto the back of a hen, standing on the hen's back and using his wings maintain balance, and forcefully touches his cloaca to hers in what's known as a cloacal kiss. Semen is transferred from the rooster to the hen in a matter of seconds, after which the rooster dismounts, shakes his head and walks away.
For the eggs to be fertilized, the hen and rooster must mate first, and this process must occur prior to the formation of the egg. Thus, if the hen has mated and she lays an egg, then that egg is fertilized. If the hen has not mated and she lays an egg, then that egg is unfertilized.
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