chicken Hybrids as Broilers

[nicalandia]

The other day I was thinking that a possible cross between a broad breasted Turkey tom with a CornishX hens would produce very large progeny(by AI ofcourse), but the Churk(chicken turkey hybrid) were exceedingly hard to produce and the ones that hatched were just not healthy enough.

Some info on the Churks
http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/churks

But it would appear that a better cross would be between a male peacock and CornishX by AI would produce such large fast growing hybrids.

Info on Peahen x Leghorn cross natural mating
https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/84978

A youtube video of such cross.

The hardest part of this experiment would be Milking the Peacocks, a few years ago I tried to milk a rooster to do some AI experiments but I was not successful at all.

This is the video I used to learn how to milk a rooster, it seems straight forward but my rooster just did not want to do it.

Guinea fowl and chickens mate quite successfully, perhaps that should be a good experiment to see how fast they grow and the breast size?

What say you?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

IMO, interspecies breeding is an exercise in futility.

 

[Compost King]

Crossing species likely won't work out but I am not investing the money in it so good luck to who ever is, I hope for success.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The other day I was thinking that a possible cross between a broad breasted Turkey tom with a CornishX hens would produce very large progeny(by AI ofcourse), but the Churk(chicken turkey hybrid) were exceedingly hard to produce and the ones that hatched were just not healthy enough.

Some info on the Churks
http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/churks

But it would appear that a better cross would be between a male peacock and CornishX by AI would produce such large fast growing hybrids.

Info on Peahen x Leghorn cross natural mating
https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/84978

A youtube video of such cross.

The hardest part of this experiment would be Milking the Peacocks, a few years ago I tried to milk a rooster to do some AI experiments but I was not successful at all.

This is the video I used to learn how to milk a rooster, it seems straight forward but my rooster just did not want to do it.

Guinea fowl and chickens mate quite successfully, perhaps that should be a good experiment to see how fast they grow and the breast size?

What say you?

If one had the space, money and time to try such a project, I don't know why they would use peafowl or CornishX.
The Cornish Rock Cross are already a hybrid of two chicken breeds so won't breed true. A better option would be to acquire some of the grandparent white Cornish used to make today's meat birds. That may not be possible since those genetics are closely held secrets.

 

[centrarchid]

Why not use the White Rock as the female side as they give decent egg production rates and also fill out well?