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Old 05-20-2008, 01:07 AM
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Hybrids can lay eggs... the question is on the fertility of the hybrid parent... Some hybrids are sterile while others are fertile... all depends on how closely related the genes are, as well as what generation of hybrids (in macaws, many are supposedly infertile when they are 3rd-4th generation, yet 1st and 2nd generations usually do not have problems reproducing). If the two are closely enough related then their offspring could reproduce for generations to come! If they aren't closely related well it varies how closely will depend on whether or not they can produce chicks in the first place, if the chicks will be healthy/not deformed secondly, and thirdly, if fertile or not.
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