I remember that thread. Chickens may be, on very rare occasion, already reproducing in this way. They are, after all, the closest living relatives to dinosaurs, and one would think that after a hundred million years, chickens would have this method nailed.
Maybe they could. It seems California condors have just proved it can be done. It's called parthenogenesis. https://ktla.com/news/california/virgin-births-endangered-california-condors-can-reproduce-without-sex-study-finds/ And the lady birds had no help from meddling scientists and their petri...