How do I make Barred Turkens??

No one has posted here in a while so I would like to ask a related question.
I have a naked neck rooster I bought recently. He is black with some red in his saddle feathers. Guy said he was a freebie from Murray Mcmurrays. Very pretty feathering with the black looking like the green sheen feathers found on an australorp.

I have planned to get a dark Cornish hen to breed him to for some meat chickens with a good thick breast. I am having trouble finding a good dark Cornish. I was looking at an Asil/Cornish but someone got her before I did. I think that would have been a great cross.

So I guess I am stuck with breeding him to my hens and what I have is RIR, White Leghorn and I have some Rhodebars that I got from breeding a very nice show quality barred rock rooster to my RIRs- they are black and white barred with no red.

I imagine the Rhodebar cross with the naked neck will be a good cross but I would like to get some advice as to what I can expect out of a cross the breeds of hens I have listed. Anything from good layer to lousy carcuss type info.

I would also like to know a good cross for a good naked neck double breasted meat chicken. Thanks

92caddy said:

Im reading all of this Im getting confussed, but then that dont take much. I'll have to reread it all again.

I have turkens, I dont like the name naked neck, I would rather call them turkens. Wonder why they prefer the "NN" term?

I have some stanard size that I crossed with my cuckoo marans roo, I really like the color of them chicks.

Im thinking that some of my turkens have white legs. What does that mean, if anything? I'll have to look better tomorrow.

I have white bantam turkens and their legs are almost egg yoke yellow, is that a good thing?

I would love to have some PURE bantam turkens in different colors, black, red and what ever colors they come in.

I would like to have some black birds with the black legs, could you help me find some of them or make some?

I have a few that are all "NN", no bow tie, I would like to make more of them.

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I got 2 black ones with the black legs, at TS 2 weeks ago, but the sugn said " Rare breed ", so I hope they are( well I got 2 but 1 die 2 days ago ) anyways I hope the one I got left (hen) is Ayan Cemani(finger crossed ) and I have a 4-5 weeks old turkens (boy and girl) will see what happens.