Is my chicken a guinecken

[wilkinsfarm2020]

So my guinea hen came out of nowhere with this little baby chick that I'm assuming she hatched because she's been very protective over her since she hatched. She looks like a chicken so my thought was she just sat on a chicken nest but only one chicken hatched which I thought was strange but I never found the nest. Anyway here is the picture of the guineas baby that is now over a year old. She lays a very light tan egg. Mama guinea is a pearl guinea. I do not have guinea boys just girls.

 

[nuthatched]

Looks like 100% chicken

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

Looks like 100% chicken

I'm so confused on where her comb comes from

 

[nuthatched]

I'm so confused on where her comb comes from

What breeds do you have?

 

[BastyPutt]

The comb and the top of the head really throws me off - I can see how youd think there is a guinea gene in there for that reason. I have heard stories, but never seen anything. If it were, they say the offspring between the two are sterile. Again, all word of mouth stuff.

We have guineas here, but they dont want anything at all to do with the chickens. they dont fight or anything, but completely disinterested. I couldn't imagine a hen letting a rooster mate with here, or vice versa.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

I've had so many different kind of roosters. I'll show a few pics of my roos I've had within that time frame. My rooster DOES mate with my guinea hens since my guineas think they're chickens. They're just more wild and won't let us catch them lol

 

[BastyPutt]

I've had so many different kind of roosters. I'll show a few pics of my roos I've had within that time frame. My rooster DOES mate with my guinea hens since my guineas think they're chickens. They're just more wild and won't let us catch them lol

Wow! That is so interesting! In that case, Id suppose that it is entirely possible that is in fact a mix.

If you have the fortitude or desire, and are set up for incubating, id would be out of this world if you were able to collect and incubate one of her eggs. Id be dying to know if she could hatch something.

And yes, as beneficial as the guineas are to the property, I am shocked everyday that I come out and they are still alive. Not from predators, but because they haven't found someway to kill themselves overnight. They have to be one of the dumbest creatures int he animal kingdom.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

Wow! That is so interesting! In that case, Id suppose that it is entirely possible that is in fact a mix.

If you have the fortitude or desire, and are set up for incubating, id would be out of this world if you were able to collect and incubate one of her eggs. Id be dying to know if she could hatch something.

And yes, as beneficial as the guineas are to the property, I am shocked everyday that I come out and they are still alive. Not from predators, but because they haven't found someway to kill themselves overnight. They have to be one of the dumbest creatures int he animal kingdom.

Girl YES and they are so loud you would think they are prone to being killed. Omg!
My Pyrenees keeps anything off my property though so I haven't lost any. But here are some roosters I have had. Most have had straight combs.

That one pic is of guineas with the baby chick.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

I have had barnyard mixes (all have had straight combs), a light brahma roo, Delaware roo, and I also had a lavender roo at some point but I never seen him mount the girls. Just my main roo or the other two the main roo is the one my daughter was holding and also the last picture.

 

[wilkinsfarm2020]

Also what had me puzzled is the eggs she was laying on had started to develop (she didn't sit on them long) but they were at least a day or two cooked and developed. I could have let her hatch them hut there weren30 plus eggs in the nest I found her mom and the other guinea also had eggs in there so I just cooked them up and fed them back to them.