in fact, all chickens carry the genes of Gallus varius, Gallus soneratti and others.
and most pigeon breeds carry the Columba rupestris and Columba guinea genes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014787/
If you manage to get a single fertile male from those thousands of attempts, you will go down in history.
Then you could backcross to chicken and stand at the birth of a new chicken breed with pheasant blood. Subsequent selection could result in more breeds. Some with more pronounced pheasant...
It is said that German Bantam (in German Deutsche Zwerghühner) also like to fly and have similar flight abilities as phoenix chicken. The prerequisite for such flight skills is their body similar to pheasants and a long tail, which helps them in longer flights. But most importantly, their nature...
I didn't find a video for sumatra chicken, but together with bantam phoenix chicken they are closest to the red jungefowl of all domesticated breeds I think. at least in terms of flight capabilities. Bantam phoenix, however, and sumatra chicken often escape from the enemy into the treetops...
The quietest breed of hens is "paradoxically" the Longcrower.
The Kosovo Longcrower is a breed of chicken originating in Kosovo, it is a breed bred for the voice, there will not be as many deviations as in any other breeds, where no one focuses on the voice in the selection and therefore it is...