Jul 16, 2018 #1 kieno Chirping Joined Oct 30, 2017 Messages 52 Reaction score 50 Points 81 Location Jamaica Is it possible to get hybrids through insemination? Chicken over Quail. (Coturnix)
Jul 16, 2018 #2 ChickenCanoe Addict Premium Feather Member 15 Years Educator Friend Spirit Joined Nov 23, 2010 Messages 35,477 Reaction score 32,707 Points 1,267 Location St. Louis, MO No. It may be a remote possible due to chromosome count but extremely unlikely. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143647 If it ever happened, offspring would be sterile. Last edited: Jul 16, 2018
No. It may be a remote possible due to chromosome count but extremely unlikely. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143647 If it ever happened, offspring would be sterile.
Jul 16, 2018 #3 le_bwah Crowing 7 Years Friend Joined May 1, 2018 Messages 1,312 Reaction score 3,313 Points 356 Location ID My Coop My Coop No, they are too genetically and phenotypically different to hybridize. Some kinds of quail, e.g. Coturnix quail (Coturnix japonica) and common quail (Coturnix coturnix), are able to hybridize with each other.
No, they are too genetically and phenotypically different to hybridize. Some kinds of quail, e.g. Coturnix quail (Coturnix japonica) and common quail (Coturnix coturnix), are able to hybridize with each other.