What type Guinea is this?

[Green Acres24]

We’re raising these guinea chicks and one doesn’t look like the others. It’s always been brownish with feathers on its head. Does anyone know what type of bird this is? For a while we thought it was a hawk lol

 

[MysteryChicken]

We’re raising these guinea chicks and one doesn’t look like the others. It’s always been brownish with feathers on its head. Does anyone know what type of bird this is? For a while we thought it was a hawk lol
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Guinea Chicken hybrid.

 

[RiDaGeckoGuy]

Guinea Chicken hybrid.

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[Chicken_tiger_catt]

We’re raising these guinea chicks and one doesn’t look like the others. It’s always been brownish with feathers on its head. Does anyone know what type of bird this is? For a while we thought it was a hawk lol
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It looks like a super rare chicken hybrid! Probably infertile though, like how a cross between a lion and tiger is possible, but they never have cubs of their own.

 

[Green Acres24]

Guinea Chicken hybrid.

It did look chicken-ish. I wasnt aware they could breed successfully. So do they mature successfully? It does have a guinea body, wings, etc. We bought them from a breeder as chicks

 

[tlcmurphy]

Does the breeder also have chickens?

 

[Green Acres24]

We are just happy it isnt a hawk! We thought maybe hawks learned from the cuckoos...lol Not that we really thought it was a hawk, it looked hawk-ish with that head but the beak wasnt right.

 

[Green Acres24]

Does the breeder also have chickens?

Yes.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

We are just happy it isnt a hawk! We thought maybe hawks learned from the cuckoos...lol Not that we really thought it was a hawk, it looked hawk-ish with that head but the beak wasnt right.

Hawks have a more rounder domed head, different beak as you mentioned, but the body type is also incorrect for a hawk, the color pattern is wrong for a hawk and hawks have very different shaped feet compared to a guinea or a chicken. So you are safe from owning a hawk lol

 

[MysteryChicken]

It did look chicken-ish. I wasnt aware they could breed successfully. So do they mature successfully? It does have a guinea body, wings, etc. We bought them from a breeder as chicks

They can, but the hybridization is quite rare.

I don't have much experience with the hybrid, so I can't tell you how they mature. I just know what the hybrid looks like.