Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

[bemba]

Hi guys, I posted on another thread a picture of my little guinea / chicken hybrid but thought I'd do up it's own thread if anyone is interested in seeing updated pics as it grows Mum is a pearl pied guinea and dad is a black red malay rooster! out of 8 eggs 4 were fertile but unfortunately the other 3 died a few days before pip. This guy is very healthy and active. It sounds like a keet and a chick all rolled into one... so weird but so interesting at the same time! The alone cry sounds more chickenish.

Here are mum and dad.....


He has white wing tips and a white belly patch also.

 

[bemba]

Haha yeah I know it's totally weird but cool at the same time, he continues to thrive and is actually very smart, much smarter and less jumpy than the guinea keets he's in with. I think he's going to be quite big, the legs and body have that look.... Here is an updated pic

 

[bemba]

Great news! I have a second hybrid hatched and a 3rd on it's way! The second one is a pied!

 

[bemba]

Just some updated pics of my 4 hybrids, they are doing great!

 

[bemba]

I call it a he but I don't know for sure He is now 5 days old, and such a little fatty! LOVES his mealworms and shredded greens! This thing seriously doesn't stop eating

 

[bemba]

do these crosses guinea/chicken (chuinea?) become mules?

Yes they are infertile.

 

[bemba]

Here is another pic of the eldest hybrid "Guinook" he she is such a character and very curious

 

[bemba]

Hi all, Just thought I'd share some updated pics of the hybrids and friends. They are now enjoying a very spacious new pen and are free range all day! They are definitely associating more with the guineas than the chickens now, their calls still sound very chick like.

 

[bemba]

Well very excited! Hatched another Guinea/Chicken hybrid, and a second on it's way. Last pic is of the parents.

 

[Barredrock360]

You could do it I reckon if you locked them in very tiny cages and forced them to breed like the chicken cross guineafowl hybrids were bred

That does seem like a good idea, If they are in a cage and aren't free ranging outside they won't be able to do anything besides mate. I think i should cage them when they are 3 months old and see what happens. But if they don't breed in three months i will release them in a larger coop with access to free ranging so they don't waste there life in cage only for a possible hybrid. Thanks for the reply ColesCreek.