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It sounds like in farm settings it's usually a accident. Hybrid birds often die much earlier than the parent species. I would think they would grow faster than the slower maturing parent species. Meat would probably be different as wellIs there any advantage to crossing chickens with guineas, or is this just simply a "just 'cuz" thing? Do they grow faster or bigger? Lay bigger eggs or more eggs? Does the meat taste different?
There is an agricultural college at Tennessee State University in Nashville that experiments with guineas and chickens. It's part of their program studying the sustainability of small livestock like poultry and goats. http://www.tnstate.edu/agriculture/arec_landing.aspx
Our chicken yard is like a free for all! Turkeys trying to top guineas, roosters trying to top guineas and chickens. We've not witnessed a guinea trying to top anything other than a guinea. However... have you ever had this happen... and I have video to prove it... one MALE turkey started setting on a guinea nest. The other MALE turkey started trying to set on the same nest. Went to check them one day and they had split the one nest into two... and ended up hatching two guineas. Unfortunately neither made it. We just had my daughter's wedding but when I recover I'm going to post the video to youtube.
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Yes, it is possible.
I had asked a similar question not long ago on the chicken forum and was told it is very possible
for the two to have 'guinea-chicks' but those babies would not be able to have babies.