Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[lpyrbby]

Hi is anyone on here offering naked neck hatching eggs? I'd love to have some that laid blue or green colored eggs if anyone has them!

I do, but I'm in SC and not NPIP. I just hatched my first batch of turken boys over my ameraucana hens and while I wish more had hatched, the chicks are lovely. I have someone coming by tomorrow to pic up more, plus the remaining chicks from the hatch. I also have a new layer that lays green AND is rumpless. I'll be really geared up come spring

 

[Cynthia12]

Looks alot like the one I got from that batch I got from you! Mine just started laying about a week or so ago. Light brown/tan eggs.View attachment 1137166

Oh wow! She really looks like mine. Wish my girl would start laying. How often does she lay, or do you think it's too soon to tell if she is on a schedule yet?

 

[emgrider]

I do, but I'm in SC and not NPIP. I just hatched my first batch of turken boys over my ameraucana hens and while I wish more had hatched, the chicks are lovely. I have someone coming by tomorrow to pic up more, plus the remaining chicks from the hatch. I also have a new layer that lays green AND is rumpless. I'll be really geared up come spring

That is awesome! Rumpless and NN is such a neat mix!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Does anyone here know the SOP for the NNs??

 

[DesertChic]

Oh wow! She really looks like mine. Wish my girl would start laying. How often does she lay, or do you think it's too soon to tell if she is on a schedule yet?

My last batch hatched out on April 7th and the first of them began laying August 21st. I have three pullets from that hatch I'm not sure are laying and six that are laying really consistently at least four times per week. But keep in mind also that some of the hatching eggs you got from me were from my meat breeding line, not my egg laying line, so they may not lay quite as frequently.

 

[draye]

Does anyone here know the SOP for the NNs??

HERE IS THE APA DESCRIPTION:


NAKED NECKS

The history of the Naked Neck fowl runs into a distant and obscure past. They are supposed to have originated in Eastern Hungary but reached their highest state of perfection in Germany. They were also bred in other immediately adjoining countries.

The desire for a smooth-skinned, dressed fowl commended them to favor. Their several bare areas made plucking much more easily and quickly done. Naked Necks have less than half the feathers possessed by other fowl of their approximate size and dress very smoothly with no feather follicles or sockets on the bare areas.

They are good layers of brown eggs and stand cold weather well. In crossing, the naked neck imposes itself on the first product. Strict observance of prescribed color with true character therefore must be maintained.

DISQUALIFICATIONS

No naked area showing on neck section.

Standard Weights

Cock .........8 1/2 lbs.

Hen............6 1/2 lbs.

Cockerel.....7 1/2 lbs.

Pullet ........5 1/2 lbs

SHAPE --- MALE & FEMALE

COMB: Single, medium size, set firmly on head thick at base, straight and upright, with 5 evenly serrated points.those at front and rear shorter than those at the middle; blade slightly following the contour of the skull.

BEAK: Moderately short, stout, well-curved.

FACE: Skin fine and soft in texture, free from wrinkles.

EYES: Large, full, prominent.

EAR-LOBES: Oblong, well defined, smooth.

HEAD: Medium in length, deep, nicely rounded.

NECK: Medium in length; devoid of feathers, except for a permissible small tuft at front of neck nearly half-way down; skin very smooth.

Back: Rather long, moderately broad; carried horizontally.

Saddle -- area at junction with tail, devoid of feather growth but covered by saddle feathers.

TAIL: Medium length, well spread, carried at an angle of 20 degrees.

Main Tail Feathers -- well-spread, broad and overlapping.

WINGS: Medium in size, strong, well-folded. carried horizontally; area around the first joint devoid of feathers.

Primaries and Secondaries -- broad and overlapping when wings are folded.

BREAST: Deep, full, well-rounded. the crop area devoid of feathers.

BODY AND FLUFF: Body rather long, broad, moderately deep, keel extending well to front and rear of legs; areas under wing and around vent devoid of feathers.

LEGS AND TOES: Legs set well apart, straight when viewed from front.

Lower Thighs-- large, medium in length, upper area devoid of feathers; area near hock joint, also devoid of feathers.

Shanks-- medium in length, smooth, stout.

Toes-- four on each foot, medium in length, straight, well-spread.

Note-- In all areas devoid of feathers, the ideal skin is to be absolutely smooth and free from follicle and socket.

RED NAKED NECKS

COLOR -- MALE AND FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.

BEAK: Yellow, shaded with reddish horn.

EYES: Reddish bay.

SHANKS AND TOES: Yellow.

PLUMAGE: General Surface area, an even shade of rich mahogany bay in all sections, with the exception that the exposed primaries and secondaries and the main tail feathers may contain black. Main sickles and coverts should be bay and black, thus avoiding a sharp contrast between body and tail.

UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Red except for black, which should show a bar of slate.

NAKED AREAS, EXCEPT LEGS AND TOES: Bright red shading to pink and yellow according to the density of coverage provided by overreaching plumage from adjacent feathered areas.

WHITE NAKED NECKS

COLOR -- MALE AND FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.

BEAK: Yellow.

EYES: Reddish bay.

SHANKS AND TOES: Yellow.

PLUMAGE: Web, fluff and shafts of all feathers in all sections, white.

NAKED AREAS, EXCEPT LEGS AND TOES: Bright red shading to pink and yellow according to the density of coverage provided by overreaching plumage from adjacent feathered areas.

BLACK NAKED NECKS

COLOR -- MALE AND FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.

BEAK: Dark slate to black.

EYES: Reddish bay.

SHANKS AND TOES: Black.

PLUMAGE: Lustrous greenish black

UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: dull black / slate

NAKED AREAS, EXCEPT LEGS AND TOES: Bright red shading to pink and yellow according to the density of coverage provided by overreaching plumage from adjacent feathered areas.

BUFF NAKED NECKS

COLOR -- MALE AND FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.

BEAK: Yellow, shaded with reddish horn.

EYES: Reddish bay.

SHANKS AND TOES: Yellow.

PLUMAGE: Surface throughout an even shade of rich golden buff.

Male-- had, neck, hackles, back, wing-bows and saddle showing greater luster.

Female-- hackle showing some luster.

UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: matching surface as nearly as possible.

NAKED AREAS, EXCEPT LEGS AND TOES: Bright red shading to pink and yellow according to the density of coverage provided by overreaching plumage from adjacent feathered areas.
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[cactusrota]

Oh wow! She really looks like mine. Wish my girl would start laying. How often does she lay, or do you think it's too soon to tell if she is on a schedule yet?

Honestly, I'm up here in Utah right now with a cousin taking care of the flock, so not really sure.. haha! She laid at least 2-3 eggs before I left. The first one was thin shelled and pinched off at one end. (at the right angle it kinda looked like a breast with a nipple.. hehe...) and the subsequent ones looked better. Problem is all my birds lays light to medium brown eggs that look very similar so unless they have abnormalities, it can be hard to tell who's egg is who's...

 

[MTchicknman]

I've had roosters like what you described as far as lack of meat. They didn't gain any real size until over a year old. The only way I got mine to fatten up was to put them in a smaller, isolation pen so they didn't get enough exercise to work off their feed.

Well, it's too late for him .... we're not waiting for him to get a year old in the isolation pen ..... he's attacked the wife a couple more times and she wants him gone! As well, the Buff Orpington roo in the pen next to him has become vicious, so we'll butcher him at the same time - I don't know what has got into these birds ..... we'll put some young Brahma cockrels in those pens, and if they turn out to be viscious, I'll tear down those pens and put them up in a different part of the property .... (the pens are built in an area that was a saloon parking lot - since 1908, so there's no telling what might be in the ground there), from the looks of things, by next Spring, it looks like we will only have a Brahma roo for breeding (I wonder what a Brahma/NN cross would look like?) :>)! Oh well, he'll probably be too busy with the 10 Brahma hens, 2 Orps, 2 Australorps, etc., etc., to go after the one NN hen .......

 

[MTchicknman]

Honestly, I'm up here in Utah right now with a cousin taking care of the flock, so not really sure.. haha! She laid at least 2-3 eggs before I left. The first one was thin shelled and pinched off at one end. (at the right angle it kinda looked like a breast with a nipple.. hehe...) and the subsequent ones looked better. Problem is all my birds lays light to medium brown eggs that look very similar so unless they have abnormalities, it can be hard to tell who's egg is who's...

According to my wife, our NN hen is likely laying every day or two - we haven't separated her to track her laying, but when you've got 13 layers and almost every day you get anywhere from 10 to 13 eggs, it's a pretty good indication. Just my opinion, tho ......

 

[DesertChic]

Well, it's too late for him .... we're not waiting for him to get a year old in the isolation pen ..... he's attacked the wife a couple more times and she wants him gone! As well, the Buff Orpington roo in the pen next to him has become vicious, so we'll butcher him at the same time - I don't know what has got into these birds ..... we'll put some young Brahma cockrels in those pens, and if they turn out to be viscious, I'll tear down those pens and put them up in a different part of the property .... (the pens are built in an area that was a saloon parking lot - since 1908, so there's no telling what might be in the ground there), from the looks of things, by next Spring, it looks like we will only have a Brahma roo for breeding (I wonder what a Brahma/NN cross would look like?) :>)! Oh well, he'll probably be too busy with the 10 Brahma hens, 2 Orps, 2 Australorps, etc., etc., to go after the one NN hen .......

Please, please, please....if you cross your Brahma with NNs, post TONS of photos! This is one of the combinations I've been seriously considering for some time, but I'm just not in a position to bring in yet another breed right now until I cull down the flocks I have. I absolutely love big, big birds, but I've also been reluctant to raise any Brahmas here because of the intense summer heat. I truly don't want to suffocate the poor things. It's been hard enough on my Bielefelders, the three of which I still have are now three years old and STILL require extra attention in the summer. Maybe in a few more years when I've finally set up a proper micro-climate on my property I'll be in a position to consider Brahmas, but until then I would relish the opportunity to live vicariously through you.