Guinea Hybrid.. Or just a weird looking chick?

[Zinjifrah]

Thank you for running this down!

No problem! This is why I'm an endless font of usually useless information. Heh.

Very important question here! Presuming it to be a hybrid, would you call it a Chick, a Keet, a Chit, or a Keeck? Going by 'Tigon' and 'Liger', The male's species would be placed first, which would make it a Keeck or a Kick. I'm not sure 'Kick' is a good idea...

 

[aart]

Keeck

This^^^

 

[R2elk]

Do they?

Yes.

 

[R2elk]

Functionally, I can see no reason why a male guinea would be unable to breed a female chicken, if a female guinea could be bred by a male chicken. The phallus is vestigial, rather than functional, and... well, as many humans have learned to their dismay; a close miss can still hit the mark, as it were.

The difficulty in a male guinea breeding a chicken hen is not the physical apparatus but rather how quickly guineas perform the "act" compared to how much longer it takes a chicken hen to comply with a rooster. It is not impossible but it is rare.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Why would a guinea cock mate with a chicken hen if he has access to guinea hens?

 

[R2elk]

In my opinion it is very likely that it is a chicken guinea hybrid. The beak much more resembles a keet's beak just as the feet and toes look more like those of a keet than those of a chick.

 

[R2elk]

Why would a guinea cock mate with a chicken hen if he has access to guinea hens?

Guineas that are imprinted by chickens when they are young grow up to not recognize that there is a difference between them and chickens.

 

[BrindleFinch]

I'm so glad I followed this thread - so much uh? good? info?

I'm sure it'll come in handy someday

 

[R2elk]

No problem! This is why I'm an endless font of usually useless information. Heh.

Very important question here! Presuming it to be a hybrid, would you call it a Chick, a Keet, a Chit, or a Keeck? Going by 'Tigon' and 'Liger', The male's species would be placed first, which would make it a Keeck or a Kick. I'm not sure 'Kick' is a good idea...

I vote for Cheet.

 

[Zinjifrah]

The difficulty in a male guinea breeding a chicken hen is not the physical apparatus but rather how quickly guineas perform the "act" compared to how much longer it takes a chicken hen to comply with a rooster. It is not impossible but it is rare.

Now, that makes sense! Guess it could be a case of 'practice makes perfect', if it's a Guinea that particularly likes chickens.