Can I have a female chocobo?

[Kenok]

my name, is firedash, im a transgender pyrochocobo....

[Dawnshade]

I refer to my chocobo as a she anyway! (even though lore wise it doesn't make sense)

[Gramul]

Oh. I kinda just assumed mine was a girl.

Sorry Esperado.

[Canadane]

my name, is firedash, im a transgender pyrochocobo....

Doctor we need to... you know.... *slits throat*

[Uielyave]

..Just call it a female? Technically I imagine Chocobos dont really have any gender differences in Plumage or anything, really. I mean... what are you expecting??



I hope not this.

[Khalen_Shield]

Sigh.. of course someone named Fluttershy would complain about this. -_- did Anita Sarskeezian send you?

[Ceodore]

Fun fact, it's not "breeding" unless a female and a male are involved. Offspring can only be produced from the genes of a male/female combo. That's REALLY what happens in nature.

Any other combination is strictly for pleasure and/or is behavioural in nature and serves no other purpose.

Lol... we still call it breeding. Just because it doesn't produce a little butt baby doesn't stop us from trying to make one, lol! Also, science has come a long way. Two males CAN actually have a child by using a blank egg which is injected with one male's DNA and a sperm cell from another male to fertilize. It is just currently illegal to do because it is considered under the branch of cloning. It may still involve an egg and male juice, but the genetic code that will make up the person still comes from two males. So, what's REALLY happening in nature included what can be done with science, as science can not do anything that the laws of nature will not allow for.

It's the same idea in many frog and fish populations that are vastly male or female. The members of the population can actually spontaneously switch genders, going from producing eggs to producing sperm. Both reproductive cells really have similar internal parts, including two halves of a DNA strand. So yeah, offspring can ACTUALLY be produced from the genes of two females, two males, two intersex, or any combination, simply as long as the two partner can provide a half of a strand of DNA.

So enough science talk, back to topic. How does one tell if a Chocobo is male or female without getting a close look at the under carriage? They all pretty much look the same to me, even the ones in the stables. The roosters don't have dangly bits on their beaks or necks.

[Noshpan]

It's the same idea in many frog and fish populations that are vastly male or female. The members of the population can actually spontaneously switch genders, going from producing eggs to producing sperm. Both reproductive cells really have similar internal parts, including two halves of a DNA strand. So yeah, offspring can ACTUALLY be produced from the genes of two females, two males, two intersex, or any combination, simply as long as the two partner can provide a half of a strand of DNA.

Which, incidentally, is exactly what happened in Jurassic Park.

While one of my character's chocobo is named after a female Fire-Aspected Dragon-Blooded, it is a rather gender neutral name.

Also, I have no issue with a male chocobo named Rainbow Dash.

[Violyre]

Sigh.. of course someone named Fluttershy would complain about this. -_- did Anita Sarskeezian send you?

How would it be different if I used another name? And who?

[Riepah]

If SE wanted all our Chocobos to be male for lore reasons, they should've paid more attention to their own lore during heavensward. Bentbranch Meadows has female Chocobos, they're not Ishgard exclusive, and they look the same as ours.