Keet,chicken, or mix

[Jenny-Chick]

I hatched 20 eggs. 7 look like keets with racing stripes, but not bright orange feet, and hatched at 21 days. Roosters were black silkie, ameracauna, and 4 guineas share the coop. What do you think?

 

[R2elk]

View attachment 1329176 View attachment 1329170 I hatched 20 eggs. 7 look like keets with racing stripes, but not bright orange feet, and hatched at 21 days. Roosters were black silkie, ameracauna, and 4 guineas share the coop. What do you think?

I don't see any that look like keets. Those are all chicken chicks.

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

Guineas and chickens can not breed. They are not the same species.

 

[R2elk]

Guineas and chickens can not breed. They are not the same species.

Guineas and chickens can breed and produce a hybrid offspring. The offspring do not tend to live long lives and are reported to be sterile.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...k-guinea-chicken-hybrid.834929/#post-12251505

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

Guineas and chickens can breed and produce a hybrid offspring. The offspring do not tend to live long lives are are reported to be sterile.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...k-guinea-chicken-hybrid.834929/#post-12251505

I stand corrected. It is a freakish hybrid that seems cruel to try and produce.

 

[drumstick diva]

Years ago Mena, a bycer had a surprise guinhen - one odd one in the chick mix. It grew very fast and much larger than it's chicken hatch mates. It was not an intentional breeding. Miracle developed into a bird with definite guinea traits but, not the posture or behavior of a guinea.

Miracle had quite a fan club and seemed to be doing very well. Until she started slowing down and couldn't keep up with the flock. I guess she had the heart of a chicken but the the size of a guinea. Her early death was heartbreaking.

Yet several readers decided they would deliberately breed to get more like her. I hope they were unsuccessful.

 

[drumstick diva]

I was lucky to get a couple Miracle feathers- when Mena asked if anyone wanted some. Even planted a small memorial garden with her favorite purple petunias.

 

[Jenny-Chick]

I was not intentional to possibly mix the two. I just collected what I thought were my bantam or silkie eggs. I just find it weird they have stripes. The bantam hens are silkies and maybe barred rock or similar appearance.

 

[JedJackson]

I was not intentional to possibly mix the two. I just collected what I thought were my bantam or silkie eggs. I just find it weird they have stripes. The bantam hens are silkies and maybe barred rock or similar appearance.

Chicken genetics will do strange things sometimes. If the rooster was an Easter egger and not an Ameraucana, then he is probably responsible for the striped chicks.

 

[BubbaLikesIt]

I stand corrected. It is a freakish hybrid that seems cruel to try and produce.

I have a GLW that has a rump tail and cackles like she is out of the Congo. She looks like a Guinea was in her family woodpile a way back but not very likely.