Rutin Chicken Info

[chelseachook]

Does anyone know if the eggs laid by rutin chickens are able to be hatched? It would seem not considering they are hybrids. Any info would be appreciated

 

[Bertram]

If you have a male and female I would think so. I don't know what temperature or humidity though.
https://zpoultry.com/rutin-chickens/#Egg_Production_Quality_of_Rutin_Chickens
Breeding status, point 7.

 

[chelseachook]

If you have a male and female I would think so. I don't know what temperature or humidity though.
https://zpoultry.com/rutin-chickens/#Egg_Production_Quality_of_Rutin_Chickens
Breeding status, point 7.

The article said: "Rutin chickens show good broodiness and hens are good egg setters. The development of chicks is pretty fast and they start laying at an early age." This would hint they are fertile. But wouldn't that mean they aren't true hybrids, if the parent species can produce fertile offspring together?

 

[chelseachook]

If you have a male and female I would think so. I don't know what temperature or humidity though.
https://zpoultry.com/rutin-chickens/#Egg_Production_Quality_of_Rutin_Chickens
Breeding status, point 7.

Also thank you for finding that source for me! I'm interested in biology so when I heard about rutin chickens I wanted to investigate

 

[Nabiki]

Just FYI, but this was posted in the quail forums.

 

[007Sean]

The article said: "Rutin chickens show good broodiness and hens are good egg setters. The development of chicks is pretty fast and they start laying at an early age." This would hint they are fertile. But wouldn't that mean they aren't true hybrids, if the parent species can produce fertile offspring together?

Not necessarily so, some hybrids are at least partially fertile....usually it's the male offspring but on occasion the females may be partially fertile.

 

[FunClucks]

Just FYI, but this was posted in the quail forums.

They're actually a type of quail, is my understanding.

 

[Nabiki]

They're actually a type of quail, is my understanding.

Neat. I just learned about a quail/partridge cross that's called a chicken.

 

[chelseachook]

Just FYI, but this was posted in the quail forums.

Yes. I didn't know whether to post it on the quail or partridge forum

 

[Hourman]

I had never heard of Rutin Chickens before reading this post, so I did a very quick internet search. There is not a lot of information online, and much of what is there is contradictory. They may be a hybrid of a small (not Coturnix) quail and some form of partridge. It's got me wondering if you could cross breed Coturnix with Chukars. Probably not, but I'm still wondering about it. It doesn't seem that they've made it to North America yet, but I'm going to keep an eye out for more information.