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[farmraised86]

Or if I bred silver spangled hamburge to white polish and bred until they bred true as spotted polish?

 

[FVRM]

Can saipans and Malay birds breed with pheasants? And I've seen mottled polish hens already

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Chickens have 78 chromosomes. Pheasants have 80. If you crossed and got a viable egg, it wouldn't survive. I wouldn't waste my time on that one.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Since you use Marans, would you know if the chest coloring on this one on the right is a sign of it being a roo?.. most of them are just getting the copper around the neck area. I think they are around six weeks

I use my Black Copper and Blue Copper Marans roos to make some
of my EEs and I would say your little red breast rooster is most likely
an Olive Egger cockerel but definitively not a pure Black or Blue Copper
Marans. I bet he will be pretty when he grows up.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Chickens have 78 chromosomes. Pheasants have 80. If you crossed and got a viable egg, it wouldn't survive. I wouldn't waste my time on that one.

Just out of curiosity.........could you end up with
something similar to a mule, zorse, liger or other
such creature? I would not encourage trying it
but I am wondering if........

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Chickens have 78 chromosomes. Pheasants have 80. If you crossed and got a viable egg, it wouldn't survive. I wouldn't waste my time on that one.

[COLOR=008000]Just out of curiosity.........could you end up with[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]something similar to a mule, zorse, liger or other[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]such creature? I would not encourage trying it[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]but I am wondering if........ [/COLOR]

With this cross, I don't think so. Most of the ones that end up with viable-but-sterile hybrids also cross in the wild, in limited amounts, where territories overlap. This isn't one I've ever heard of. Not that I've heard of everything, mind. But most interspecific hybrids are dead ends. I've also read of other attempts, none of which even produced mating, much less a fertile egg. You'd probably have to go with artificial insemination to give it a try. That's always fun. Choosing the right magazine.....

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

With this cross, I don't think so. Most of the ones that end up with viable-but-sterile hybrids also cross in the wild, in limited amounts, where territories overlap. This isn't one I've ever heard of. Not that I've heard of everything, mind. But most interspecific hybrids are dead ends. I've also read of other attempts, none of which even produced mating, much less a fertile egg. You'd probably have to go with artificial insemination to give it a try. That's always fun. Choosing the right magazine.....

I figured if it was even possible it would be a dead-end breeding much
like the mules. I know there has been the "rare" ones that aren't sterile
but usually they are. I agree mating would have to happen before one
could even think of off-spring and somehow I just can't see a pheasant
and gamebird.....even if a bantam.......being a match in size for breeding.
..........but I bet that would be one interesting bird

 

[ramirezframing]

I have seen where there are a few chicken pheasant crosses, very few of these eggs actually hatch. The ones the hatch are sterile and don't tend to live long at all. There's a few threads on it here. It is VERY frowned upon by the pheasant breeders. I have never thought of doing it with my pheasants.

 

[ramirezframing]

Can saipans and Malay birds breed with pheasants? And I've seen mottled polish hens already

You probably seen mottled houdans, not polish.

 

[FVRM]

You probably seen mottled houdans, not polish.

whats the difference between them? could not find anything online

is this a polish?