Can a duck or turkey fertilize a chicken egg?

Answer 1

Duck's fertilize their eggs within the female duck's body. This means that eggs that will hatch are already fertilized when they are laid. Ducks still lay unfertilized eggs, but they will never be fertilized or become ducklings.

Answer 2

Ducks can not fertilize a chicken egg, but guineas have been reported to be able to viably cross with chickens.

Many people mistakenly believe that Turkens, also known as Naked Neck chickens, are the offspring of a turkey-chicken cross, but that isn't true. Turkens are simply another breed of chicken, bred over many generations to have little or no feathers on their necks. There is a wide variety of chicken breeds, many of which look vastly different to what most people think of when they think "chicken." Silkies and Frizzled breeds are other examples of this.

Answer 3

No, interspecies breeding is generally not possible naturally. A duck and a chicken are too far genetically separated to interbreed. There have been reported cases of chickens and guinea fowl producing hybrids, however.

It may be possible to cross-breed vastly different species using genetic splicing, but that is generally* considered to be unethical.

*There are some chemical companies that use genetic manipulation to create patented types of seeds that either are immune to herbicides or pesticides, or even produce their own form of pesticides. There is a long list of reasons many consider this also to be unethical. For further research, you can use a search engine (I prefer Ecosia) and search with the term "genetically engineered seeds" as a starting spot.

Answer 4

A male duck copulates with a female duck and she will lay a fertilized egg. If copulation does not occur she will lay an unfertilized egg.

Answer 5

Yes. It makes a guck. I hate geese.