Chicken/quail hybrid???

[le_bwah]

Pheasant hybrids seem to keep the pheasant's beak shape. And "To our knowledge, hybridization by reverse crosses (female chickens × male quails) has never been successful." Via:

https://www.nature.com/articles/sre...ver hybridize,by artificial insemination32,33.

 

[Angela66]

Pheasant hybrids seem to keep the pheasant's beak shape. And "To our knowledge, hybridization by reverse crosses (female chickens × male quails) has never been successful." Via:

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep26369#:~:text=Chickens and quails never hybridize,by artificial insemination32,33.

I saw this. I'm not claiming I know what it is. It's not old enough to show all of its characteristics. I just know 91 days is too many for incubation. Nesting for 21, say sat for 10, longest possible fertility with sperm of 21 days, still leaves a minimum of 52 days without any access to a rooster. I live 3 miles to the neatest neighbor and 8 miles to the next person I know with any chickens.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Don’t rule out parthenogenesis. Asexual reproduction. It does happen in chickens and some other galliformes, producing only male offspring.

https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/155/6/REP-17-0728.xml

 

[le_bwah]

I saw this. I'm not claiming I know what it is. It's not old enough to show all of its characteristics. I just know 91 days is too many for incubation. Nesting for 21, say sat for 10, longest possible fertility with sperm of 21 days, still leaves a minimum of 52 days without any access to a rooster. I live 3 miles to the neatest neighbor and 8 miles to the next person I know with any chickens.

Then if it shows a pheasant beak, you'd know it's a pheasant hybrid, ruling out a male Coturnix. I just don't see it though—looks like a normal chicken chick, maybe a little skinny.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Also, it appears that on odd occasions, sperm can possibly live in a hen for up to 105 days:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/...cause of the presence of,(i.e., several days).

Short read, check out the first paragraph of page 3. It does not distinguish which galliform has the longest semen life.

 

[le_bwah]

Also, it appears that on odd occasions, sperm can possibly live in a hen for up to 105 days:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/387/1/012063/pdf#:~:text=Because of the presence of,(i.e., several days).

Short read, check out the first paragraph of page 3. It does not distinguish which galliform has the longest semen life.

Dang, I'd only heard up to 4 weeks max! As long as the environment's right...

 

[Angela66]

Don’t rule out parthenogenesis. Asexual reproduction. It does happen in chickens and some other galliformes, producing only male offspring.

https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/155/6/REP-17-0728.xml

https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/155/6/REP-17-0728.xml

None of the chickens hatched

 

[HeritageFan]

Cant add an opinion but curious to watch this thread and how the baby develops -

 

[Angela66]

Dang, I'd only heard up to 4 weeks max! As long as the environment's right...

From your article, I see it says 2-3 weeks on page 4. I didn't see anything on page 3

 

[Angela66]

I'm done responding to this thread, until it gets any bigger. When that happens, I'll let you all know.