Chicken x Pigeon Hybrid, Fact or Fiction?

[RosemaryDuck]

So, I know how absolutely ridiculous this sounds. Recently I came across a video on tik tok from a guy claiming he breeds chickens and pigeons. I highly, highly doubt there is any truth to this. He showed a brief video of them but it could have been from anywhere.

I tried looking around on the internet, and I did find several instances of people reporting breeding them, but again, highly skeptical. I think this is just a case of made up/fake creatures, but I wanted to ask if it's even remotely possible. I feel silly asking, but curiosity killed the cat .

 

[aroostercalledBrownie]

I have no idea, but boy am I watching this thread

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

I have no idea, but boy am I watching this thread

Same

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Me too...

 

[chickentrains]

watching...

 

[VeryHappyHens]

No but I know there are numerous guinea chicken hybrids reports for an example guicken. In an episode a youtuber the white house on hills reported having a hybrid even hatched out this hybrid. But I have no idea of a pigeon chicken hybrid but I do have some insight on chicken guinea hybrid.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Hmmm well chickens have 78 chromosomes, and pigeons have 80. Similar species with differing numbers of chromosomes are known to produce sterile offspring (mules for example), but unless he is manually inseminating the females, I hardly imagine they would willingly choose to breed. I have no idea why anyone would want to do this though! Gunieas and chickens have the same number of chromosomes, and can interbreed as @VeryHappyHens stated.

 

[nuthatched]

Genetically impossible

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Genetically impossible

And why do you say that? Out of curiosity, do you have proof?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not sure it's impossible, but I feel like theyre too different looking to work.