between chicken, guinea fowl and turkey which of the 3 could cross breed?

[lordnak]

between chicken, guinea fowl and turkey which of the 3 could cross breed?

 

[R2elk]

between chicken, guinea fowl and turkey which of the 3 could cross breed?

Do a search in the Guinea Fowl forum. Guinea fowl can cross breed with chickens. It is normally a chicken rooster breeding with a guinea hen.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

But even then, a lot don't hatch and it's usually dead before 18 months old

 

[yesterDAYNE]

I think there have technically been recorded cases of all 3? Guinea/Chicken, Chicken/Turkey, Guinea/Turkey, but they either don't last long after development or don't finish developing in the egg at all.

This is an apparent 4 week old turkey x chicken hybrid

From http://messybeast.com/genetics/hybrid-birds.htm

This is a supposed Guinea x Turkey hybrid (royal palm)

https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Guineas/BRKGuinHybrid.html
It looks more chicken to me than turkey, but there's not really any info written on here about it so I'm not sure.

 

[R2elk]

I think there have technically been recorded cases of all 3? Guinea/Chicken, Chicken/Turkey, Guinea/Turkey, but they either don't last long after development or don't finish developing in the egg at all.

This is an apparent 4 week old turkey x chicken hybrid
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From http://messybeast.com/genetics/hybrid-birds.htm

This is a supposed Guinea x Turkey hybrid (royal palm)
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https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Guineas/BRKGuinHybrid.html
It looks more chicken to me than turkey, but there's not really any info written on here about it so I'm not sure.

Be very careful about what you believe about any supposed turkey and other fowl crosses. There are not any proven natural hybrids of turkey and any other fowl.

 

[NatJ]

between chicken, guinea fowl and turkey which of the 3 could cross breed?

Most of the time, none of them.

If you do not want hybrids, just make sure you have both genders of each species, and they will almost certainly stick to reproducing with their own kind. Having only males of one species makes it more likely that they will try to mate with females of the other species, which might injure the females but is still unlikely to produce hybrid chicks.

If you DO want hybrids, your chances are not good at all. It almost never happens, even when people want it to. I cannot say whether it ever happens, but it clearly is not common.