Rare chicken-guinea fowl hybrid has FOUR wings

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Personally, I am shocked she wants to sell it at auction.




hhhmmmmmm.....wonder how I can manage that trip...........hun, I am flying over seas to an auction for a hybrid chicken/guinea cross

 

[tls_ranch]

I don't think its a cross breed either. It has the true double laced pattern of a pure barnevelder (the mother is a Barnevelder). If it was crossed with a guinea it would not have that pattern. If it does have four wings then it is a incubation/twin mishap. I have a dozen that look just like it (minus the four wings) in my coop right now. Cute story, but I don't think the guinea part is true.

here is a what a guinea hybrid should look like.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=263053

 

[Reinbeau]

Guinea/chicken hybrids are variable. They don't all look alike. And they aren't all that uncommon, when one keeps a mixed flock. The guins on the Feathersite site are ugly as sin - Miracle is fortunate to be so attractive.

 

[Mahonri]

The difference between this supposed hybrid and Miracle (a TRUE hybrid) is, Miracle is the mating of an EE roo chicken with a guinea hen. This one says it comes from that Cornish hen and a guinea roo.

It doesn't look like a hybrid to me... but that's just me.

Perhaps there were no chicken roos around so I suppose it's possible.

 

[harryg6167]

Okay, I know it's possible to have a guinea/chicken cross. But as ugly as a guinea
can be and as pretty as chickens can be I just don't think I would ever want to cross
my chickens with my guineas.
On the other hand I don't think crossing the two would consistently produce
birds with 4 wings. But, if someone could show that it would I may give it a try here.
Me and the kids love honey bar-b-qued wings.

 

[SillyChicken]

lol, too bad we couldn't breed that trait in... 4 wings... cost half as much to raise!

 

[greatergraceoffbg]

I STILL want to see four wings!

Andy in Fredericksburg

 

[Frosty]

I don't know, the chick actually looks like a cornish to me...

 

[AHappychick]

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oh I am sure some study has been done, the various colleges have tried to make hens lay twice in a day, I am sure someplace like perdue has or still is trying to come up with something like that.




Personally I think she should have taken a pic of the 4 wings as well, she obviously had the camera out.

 

[KristyHall]

Do you think a Guin can breed or is it sterile like a mule?