Hybrid Cross Between a Duck and a Goose: Do Gucks Exist?

[casportpony]

Has everyone seen the peafow/guinea fowl and chicken/guinea fowl crosses.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Pictures here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebird_hybrids

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

More hybrids here:
http://messybeast.com/genetics/hybrid-birds.htm

-Kathy

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I know they arent in the same Genus, but niether are any of the hybrids listed above, Ducks and Geese have the same amount of chromosomal pairs, which doesnt mean a ton, but it makes a sliver of hope. I am not a die hard in trying this cross nor am i forcing it on the birds, they are bonded and I am just shooting for a miracle, But I have gotten developing eggs and thats all the hope I will ever need, I will never dive very deep into this project, just will keep incubating what I feel like.

 

[buff goose guy]

no they have a close enough genus to breed, ducks and geese have very opposite genus and species and the variation.

did you know that a human can have a fertilized egg from whale sperm but even after it is fetilized the body does not accept it development since human DNA and whale Dna cannot transfuse and then the egg is let out like natural menstration ( just learned this in ap biology )

my point is that while it could form it could stop development as more dna begins to replicate.

 

[Carrosaur]

no they have a close enough genus to breed, ducks and geese have very opposite genus and  species and the variation.

did you know that a human can have a fertilized egg from whale sperm but even after it is fetilized the body does not accept it development since human DNA and whale Dna cannot transfuse and then the egg is let out like natural menstration ( just learned this in ap biology )

my point is that while it could form it could stop development as more dna begins to replicate.

But since fertilization is possible.... Anything could happen...
Wish I was taking AP bio. Missed out ): senior year next year and I have to take anatomy.

 

[buff goose guy]

I just explained why its not as the DNS replicates it becomes unfamiliar and fails for development .

 

[PotatoWaffles]

This can't happen...because biology...lol.

 

[Amykins]

But since fertilization is possible.... Anything could happen...
Wish I was taking AP bio. Missed out ): senior year next year and I have to take anatomy.

No, it...it really can't. Even the wiki link Cas gave stated flat-out that the vast majority of the attempted crosses either failed to develop, or died early on in the shell. Look. Best-case scenario you get an embryo to develop. It's gonna die. Even if, by some impossible miracle of genetics and mutation it does make it to term, it will not hatch and will be extremely unhealthy and unsound. Do you really want to inflict that much pain and death on that many babies just to try and prove a point?

 

[casportpony]

Good point... I have peacock with Guineas, which has been done, yet haven't seen any viable Guinea eggs from that pen.

-Kathy