Naked Neck/Turken Thread - Page 620

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Originally Posted by draye 

Well come Saturday my Flock of Naked Necks will be gone.  There is no market here for them so they gotta go.

 

I will be keeping 2 hens though, they really crossed well with my EE's and made some nice sized ones for me.

So what will you be going with instead???

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Originally Posted by Dipsy Doodle Doo 


Awww, sorry to hear that. I don't think there is much market for them here either, but I raise mine for me-me-me-me : )

  Me too!

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Originally Posted by flower 

But are they barredNN/EEs  ?   Like Dipsy's

Late to this comment. 

They have Ameraucana in their past. Not for a few generations, but I still choose the ones who have pea combs to keep, and sell the single combed girls (and eat the boys).

For the few who think NN's aren't cold hardy, my girls are proving VERY much so! -24F with wind chill, and still laying strong. 

What a hardy bunch!

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Originally Posted by Dipsy Doodle Doo 


Awww, sorry to hear that. I don't think there is much market for them here either, but I raise mine for me-me-me-me : )

 Thanks, I was doing that for me also, but I still have to sell a chick or two to help with the feed bills.  I have other projects on my plate for now so these are the ones I'm letting go.  Maybe later I will get me some more.  

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

 

So what will you be going with instead???

 I going with projects for now.  My crested EE's and some crosses with my EE's.

I just now have a rooster that is getting old wnough for breeding, I'm putting him in with 7 Red Sex Link hens.  By the way he is a NN/EE cross, he is a Blue-Tailed Red (Think RIR, but with the EE shape, and blue in place of the black), he does have some blue on his lower wing feather.  If I should be able to get any daughters from him I plan on putting them under him when old enough.

I'm still needing some Polish (prefer Golden Laced) for fixing the type and crested for my Crested EE's.  I have about 10-12 9 weeks olds (1/2 EE and 1/2 Polish) so it shouldn't be too long before I'll need a Polish rooster.

I did buy a pure Ameraucana last Saturday (solid black with a couple of gold feathers on the right side of his neck).  To add genes for a bluer egg.

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Originally Posted by Dipsy Doodle Doo 


Awww, sorry to hear that. I don't think there is much market for them here either, but I raise mine for me-me-me-me : )

That is the same with me.Around here everybody wants the boring egg layers.There is also a demand for gamefowl and bantams. I like the unusual and what I raise is for me. 

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Originally Posted by draye 

Well come Saturday my Flock of Naked Necks will be gone.  There is no market here for them so they gotta go.

 

I will be keeping 2 hens though, they really crossed well with my EE's and made some nice sized ones for me.

Hate that you have to let your naked necks go.Have a friend that is looking for some hens.But there is no market here for them either and therefore they are hard to find.At least you will have 2 hens.

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Originally Posted by Vamvakas 

Here's pic of the 2 young naked necks roo that I made new head roosters!  So far they love the older girls but there not sure how to impress them yet.

 

 

Both are good looking roosters.The solid white naked neck rooster is my favorite. 

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Originally Posted by Georgia Boy 1970 

That is the same with me.Around here everybody wants the boring egg layers.There is also a demand for gamefowl and bantams. I like the unusual and what I raise is for me. 

I think you were the only one in the whole state of GA that shared my passion for the NN's!!!