Hybrid Pheasants

[spectrumranch]

Reeves x Ringneck

 

[oleduke]

Beautiful birds Randy.

Update on my earlier posts in this thread: I culled all of the males I acquired but I kept the Yellow hen so she could be company for one of my juvenile males (one I hatched not bought). She is laying, but I am certain she is fertilized by a juvenile RG, so no hatching for those. I also recalled my pride & joy Caesar from my friend who breeds Reds, Yellows, DT, & various Ring-necks. I have posted a photo of him in this thread... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=452570

I wish Resolution would come around and look at this thread also. I would like to read his opinion on this one ... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=461521 ... my young hen's head feathers are starting to become quite reddish now but she is still mating and laying (I'll keep taking photos of her as I have never had this happen before). My older hen with the tail spotting has no male colors at all only the spotting on her top two tail feathers. The rest are typical hen feathers in color and appearance.

 

[muscovy94]

Those hybrids are so beautiful! I love seeing pictures of them!

 

[philter4]

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Randy, I am not sure what you mean by "family group" but a hybrid is an offspring between two different species, and a cross is between the same species but different varieties. Take a dog for instance, if you mate a poodle with a retriever (both the same species, Canis lupus familiaris) it is not a hybrid, it is still the same species as any other dog. Now take a horse and mate it with a donkey (same genus, Equus, but different species) and you get a mule which is a hybrid and normally not fertile, although every once in a while they do get a fertile mule, but it is very rare.

If by group you mean genus, they are still hybrids but they are put in the same genus because of a very close relationship, in fact animals like a golden pheasant and Lady Amherst pheasant are often called sister species because of the close genetic relationship, but even closely related sister species may not produce fertile young, it depends on how closely the genetics match.

EDIT, sorry I didn't read all of the posts because this was a reply to a different thread that I was linked to and I see others have given much more detailed responses, this is just a simplified version of some of the deffinitions.

 

[stuckinthecity]

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Oh WOW! Those are my favorites.

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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Just for the record, the right definition of hybrid is an animal resulting from the cross of two different species (per example Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant).
Then, an hybrid may (or not) be fertile (per example Male Mule is an infertile hybrid, and a 'Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant' is a fertile hybrid).

 

[spectrumranch]

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Just for the record, the right definition of hybrid is an animal resulting from the cross of two different species (per example Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant).
Then, an hybrid may (or not) be fertile (per example Male Mule is an infertile hybrid, and a 'Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant' is a fertile hybrid).

Who's record are you going by?

 

[Resolution]

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Just for the record, the right definition of hybrid is an animal resulting from the cross of two different species (per example Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant).
Then, an hybrid may (or not) be fertile (per example Male Mule is an infertile hybrid, and a 'Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant' is a fertile hybrid).

There's not much mystery to the term HYBRID .
If you are curious about the subject do some homework so we can discuss it. Click on the word hybrid above and read the easy to read and comprehend reference material and we can sail from there...

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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Just for the record, the right definition of hybrid is an animal resulting from the cross of two different species (per example Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant).
Then, an hybrid may (or not) be fertile (per example Male Mule is an infertile hybrid, and a 'Lady Amherst Pheasant x Golden Pheasant' is a fertile hybrid).

Who's record are you going by?

A dictionary per example.

 

[PupuMcgoo]

OH Snap yall! I got a questin. I aint never ate nuthn better than a danged ole golden phesnt deep fried in butter. oh man now Im all like dribblin out ma mouwth an wat not yall know what I m sayn. But them hybrids yall got there do they taste diffrent than a puure breed? I theenk yall shud rase me up some fancy critter dat wud put all them rest to bed ya know wat Im sayn. Dang. two more weeks to my govt chec or I be gettn some an fryn em up rigt now.!

Hey Portugal breeder how tem Cotourneix Quails taste? ate me up some bobwite dang thems good. Hey thems Cotuneix quails hard to be raised up??? I might have to be lukin to be getnsome an find out ya know wat Im sayn

Manchurian? Sounds fancy probly way beyond ma experteese? Thanks yall.

Oh yeh. Dang Resolution that be some fancy writn you must be a danged ole proffeser or sumtn. Danged I feel smarter just readn the words I understud an pretendn wit them rest