Pheasant Chicken Hybrids

[Tayten B]

is there the possibility that she went broody on chicken eggs Americana eggs and pheasants can resemble each other but the chicks look like they do have some pheasant in them

 

[Tayten B]

Sorry not broody

 

[Trexroo]

I have recently hatched a golden laced polish rooster over a ring neck hen chick.

I'm pretty excited to see the development even though the animal itself is destined for pet living or freezer camp.

seeing as I have a working farm there are very few "pet" slots available.

 

[bemba]

Chicken and Turkey hybrids are possible but only for a short while. The hen turkey will actually develop anti bodies against rooster seamen.

I wondered if this was the case, have you got any links to studies done on this?

 

[bemba]

I have recently hatched a golden laced polish rooster over a ring neck hen chick.

I'm pretty excited to see the development even though the animal itself is destined for pet living or freezer camp.

seeing as I have a working farm there are very few "pet" slots available.

Any pics?

 

[WildernessLofts]

Quote:
Chicken has 78. Common pheasant (ringneck) has 80.

 

[Darane svatura]

Something not covered here, or at least I did not observe it is Haldane's Rule. Namely as it applies to the suggestion of 100% sterility in Chicken-Pheasant hybrids. It basically means that a males from such a hybrid would be nearly 100% sterile, but the females could be fertile or at least partially fertile.

"HALDANE's rule" states that, if species hybrids of one sex only are inviable or sterile, the afflicted sex is much more likely to be heterogametic (XY) than homogametic (XX). We show that most or all of the phenomena associated with HALDANE's rule can be explained by the simple hypothesis that alleles decreasing hybrid fitness are partially recessive. Under this hypothesis, the XY sex suffers more than the XX because X-linked alleles causing postzygotic isolation tend to have greater cumulative effects when hemizygous than when heterozygous, even though the XX sex carries twice as many such alleles. The dominance hypothesis can also account for the "large X effect," the disproportionate effect of the X chromosome on hybrid inviability/sterility. In addition, the dominance theory is consistent with: the long temporal lag between the evolution of heterogametic and homogametic postzygotic isolation, the frequency of exceptions to HALDANE's rule, puzzling Drosophila experiments in which "unbalanced" hybrid females, who carry two X chromosomes from the same species, remain fertile whereas F1 hybrid males are sterile, and the absence of cases of HALDANE's rule for hybrid inviability in mammals. We discuss several novel predictions that could lead to rejection of the dominance theory.

 

[Tony K T]

Much easier to just breed pheasants to pheasants and chickens to chickens,and to the correct species!
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Darane svatura]

And what correct Species are Chickens? I was under the impression they were hybrids of at least 3 species. G Victor Littlejohn proved that the reason that Grey Jungle Fowl's genetics are not more prevalent in other varieties, save for the yellow skin pigment and legs is because of Genetic and Behavioral barriers to hybridization. Sounds rather familiar doesn't it...

If we follow certain lines of thought we should prevent all yellow legged chickens from reproducing because they came from unnatural hybridization. Something tells me that dog won't hunt. Kind of ironic that something is only "wrong" when people think it does not apply to them. The tune changes really quick when said "wrongs" do apply.

Abstract:
No difficulty was experienced raising numerous young of G. gallus. Much difficulty was experienced raising young of G. sonneratii. Interspecific hybridization was accomplished only by use of the sonneratii cock and gallus hens. The audiovisual, behavioral isolation mechanisms (voice and color of cock) which prevented hybridizing at first, were overcome, in part, by raising the hens to be used for hybridizing in pens adjacent to the sonneratii cocks. Interspecific hybrids of both sexes were readily obtained and raised to maturity. The vigorous hybrids were crossed among themselves and with both parental species. No members of the F2 generation survived. Most of the mortality occurred during incubation. Many abnormal anatomical conditions were found in the dead embryos. Limited backcross generations were produced, some of which hatched and grew to maturity. I conclude from these data that, aside from geographic isolation, courtship behavior as well as genetic incompatibility are chiefly responsible for maintaining both species as separate taxonomic units in the wild.

Hence Unnatural.

 

[Tony K T]

Much easier to just breed pheasants to pheasants and chickens to chickens,and to the correct species!
In N.H.,Tony.

I should have been clearer on that.Breed pheasants to pheasants to keep them pure.Chickens are all screwed up because of the cross breeding trying to produce the perfect chicken for eggs and for meat.
In N.H.,Tony.