Chocobo gender

When I fetched my chocobo from the stables today, I was shocked to see that it was referred to as a male...
While I never checked my feathery friend when I got... him... I was certain it was female... until now...

I'm wondering if there is any lore reasons for why our chocobos are male... Will we be able to get female chocobos?

Hahahaha, I named my Chocobo "Scout" after my sister so this is perfect!!

Edit: My sister and I have a love/hate relationship. So when we play games we always try to name random characters after eachother. Take pics and tag eachother. Rinoa's Dog, Many useless Pokemon, etc have all been named Scout. So the ONE time I give an awesome character my sister's name, it turns out to be a male! HAHAHA, YES!

IF they decide to do Chocobo breeding like they did in XI then you'll have males and females...If breeding still isnt in the game. I dont even know. Raising a chocobo and breeding chocobos in XI was pretty bland and boring so I havent even bothered on XIV.

Well since gender is a cultural thing, and sex the physical, you can dress your choco as any gender you'd like. Perhaps its saddle is a boys but your choco is a girl as you believe so the choco keeper was just confused lol

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Chocobos to Pace the Wilds of Eorzea Once More

Owing to its ideal natural environment, the Holy See of Ishgard has long been Eorzea’s foremost producer of fine chocobos. Decades ago, however, the city-state began imposing harsh restrictions on exports, quoting a dwindling chocobo population. This led to a steep decline in the number of the birds across the continent, which was said to have plunged to as low as one to every fifty-score folk, giving rise to the fear that chocobos would vanish from the face of Eorzea entirely.

Avian lovers now have reason to rejoice, however, for some days ago it was announced that Ishgard will once more supply the other city-states with mounts. The move has raised many a smile upon the faces of rental stable operators, but much more is at stake than the prosperity of local businesses. The resumption of imports was made possible only through the joint effort of the Grand Companies of Eorzea, who impressed upon the Ishgardians the vital nature of fleet-footed reconnaissance units in dealing with the Garlean threat. So it was that the isolated mountain nation relented and agreed to provide all three Grand Companies with birds—but not without conditions. Reluctant to relinquish their monopoly on chocobo breeding, the Holy See will permit naught but male birds to leave its domain. In response, the other nations have raised their voices in objection, and are seeking to overturn what they deem a profit-driven decision in the midst of wartime.

Not waiting to see how the protest will unfold, the three Grand Companies have proceeded to make provision ahead of the gathering storm. At home, no sooner had word arrived of the return of chocobos than the Maelstrom commissioned Naldiq & Vymelli's with the mass production of reinforced barding in a bid to strengthen its military capacity on land. Jests can now be heard among sailors that the thalassocracy will finally have a cavalry to call its own.

To end on a personal note, the thought of majestic steeds in tight formation, arrayed in gleaming suits of armor, is enough to set this reporter’s heart aflutter. Indeed, it was the very imagining thereof that put me in mind of my childhood—of my little chocobo that was not quite a chocobo, but whom I adored nonetheless.

Petyr Winsome

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http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...ews/num03.html

Wow, impressive find!

Suddenly the Grid starting questlines involving the theft of a (female chocobo's egg? not perfect memory) make a lot more sense.

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Originally Posted by SeraviEdalborez

Suddenly the Grid starting questlines involving the theft of a (female chocobo's egg? not perfect memory) make a lot more sense.

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that choco keeper I believe smuggled his favorite bird out or was granted permission or something of that sort, its was at launch I did that quest tho so my memory may be hazy

Not only are they male, they're geldings (as can be seen in the mount guide) which is horse speak for balls cut off. Or however you neuter a bird.

But... I called mine Xena :/

Noo. D: I named mine Cattleya. </3 *cry* Well, to me, he will always be a girl! 3:< But it's going to bug me now..

you can rename your chocobo at a chocobo NPC in the cities.

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Originally Posted by Dagger_32

Hahahaha, I named my Chocobo "Scout" after my sister so this is perfect!!

Edit: My sister and I have a love/hate relationship. So when we play games we always try to name random characters after eachother. Take pics and tag eachother. Rinoa's Dog, Many useless Pokemon, etc have all been named Scout. So the ONE time I give an awesome character my sister's name, it turns out to be a male! HAHAHA, YES!

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This was cute and funny to read. xD

Honestly, though, do you think players in this game would have the patience for chocobo raising like what's found in XI? Or the emotional maturity? Seriously, I was an early adopter with XI's chocobo raising and late in raising my first bird I took a month off. When I renewed a month later my chocobo was in such a terrible state I hated myself for weeks. Took a month to get her back up to good health only to be hit a second time by mandatory chocobo retirement. Made me so sad...

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Honestly, though, do you think players in this game would have the patience for chocobo raising like what's found in XI? Or the emotional maturity? Seriously, I was an early adopter with XI's chocobo raising and late in raising my first bird I took a month off. When I renewed a month later my chocobo was in such a terrible state I hated myself for weeks. Took a month to get her back up to good health only to be hit a second time by mandatory chocobo retirement. Made me so sad...

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That system was odd and I seriously doubt they'd adopt a very similar one here. I remember being exceedingly diligent raising my first chocobo, he even turned out red like I wanted! Then came the madatory retirement and his stats weren't nearly high enough. Then I realized that they had created a system where you could only raise worthwhile birds in the 2nd (if you're lucky) or later generations. Without question your first bird would be inferior to a rental chocobo in speed (nevermind the other race/ digging specific stats).

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Originally Posted by Hanibita

Noo. D: I named mine Cattleya. </3 *cry* Well, to me, he will always be a girl! 3:< But it's going to bug me now..

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Transgender chocobo.

There, lore fixed.

My method of naming pets or animals has always been to name them after what you last ate or drank. Skittles seemed like the perfect name for my WHM chocobo. But I've seen things like Burrito, Chowder, Mediumrare, and of course every variation of chicken recipe out there.

What did you eat or drink last? Would it work for a chocobo name?

Off the top of my head I remember it being:

Chocobos are supplied to Eorzea by Ishgardian breeders, wanting to protect their trade - they supply us with only male Chocobos.

Every adventurers Chocobo is a Male.

As for moogle gifts mounts - I am not 100% how they have female Chocobos... I think the Elezen there were originally from Ishgard too


edit: Oh someone posted the source XD... oh well at least I was not wrong.

You can still call your chocobo "she". When I walk my dog most people already call him a "her" before even hearing his name. Even with his non-girly collar....

If you read the chocobo mount entry in-game, it states lalafell ride jennets which is used in term of either a female donkey or a small spanish horse. Unless Spain exists, then the ones lalafell ride are female donkey-type chocobo.

Additionally, race chocobo can be male or female, you choose the gender ticket upon getting the quest.

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Originally Posted by Orpheus_Proudbow

If you read the chocobo mount entry in-game, it states lalafell ride jennets which is used in term of either a female donkey or a small spanish horse. Unless Spain exists, then the ones lalafell ride are female donkey-type chocobo.

Additionally, race chocobo can be male or female, you choose the gender ticket upon getting the quest.

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Holy necro from a time before the mount and minion descriptions, and chocobo racing were in the game.

haha what a thread to necro, but I do have to say it was pretty weird they don't bring up your chocobo's gender until you take it out of the stable. I was kinda shocked myself.

I'm sorry if I wasn't supposed to respond to such a dead thread. :( I only joined the game late last year and found this thread while searching if the same terminology applied to chocobos as they are with horses. I haven't found anything saying otherwise yet so lalafell get female "donkey" chocobo. If genetics are the same then the reason jennets are permitted through is because their offpsring with standard and draught chocobo can't breed. In real life, mules and hinnies (donkey/horse hybrids) are sterile so if a breeding male DID slip through, it wouldn't hurt the chocobo trade because the offspring would be sterile, of course implying the genetics system is the same for chocobo.