Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Hen Stefani]

Wow! He was spectacular! So sorry you lost him. Some of them are so hard not to get attached to. People who've never kept chickens can't comprehend how charming and affectionate they can be. Many of my birds are as affectionate as my dogs, and follow me around just as much. 

I couldn't agree more. Gigi would greet me at the door when I got home. He only crowed 3 times, so he was a great roomie lol. I believe he developed wry neck from an injury, and since he was a NN it visually exaggerated what really happens. I learned a lot, needless to say.

Is there a way to post videos? I'd love to share what I learned as it was hard to find info on wry neck. Non-chicken people would tell me to put him out of his misery when they would see him with his head upside down. It wasnt until i fould an in depth article on rabbits that I knew he wasnt in pain. I even got a script for an anti-inflammatory from my Dr after reading an article online that gave me hope(my avian specialist vet advised me against it, as birds are highly sensitive). Anyway, I'm so thankfull for this site. I can't get enough of it!!

 

[Hen Stefani]

He was precious - so sorry for your loss. Yeah, they are just so charming, they work their way into your heart - my NN Puppy has taken to escaping the paddock every day to go lay in a nest of HER choosing (heaven knows where, each time I find one she picks another spot). Then when she hears me outside or when I call her name, she comes running and looks up at me, like "pick me up, Mommy", so that I can put her back in the coop. It is absolutely precious... Such a little sweetheart. 

I timed once how long it took me to do my chicken chores, and it was WAY longer than I expected. I guess I enjoy it so much I don't notice (good thing, I suppose!!!)

- Ant Farm 

Your NN sounds awesome! Timing your chicken chores?!? That's funny! Time spent with chickens is never wasted! My friends think chickens are extremely high maintenance. Does't everyone have a carseat for their chickens?! LOL people in the back, cuz my hen gets shotgun.

 

[Kassaundra]

It looks like around 3 - 4 weeks is the time to start dressing the nakeds. This time around I tried from the first day periodically and the little one acted like it was dying until this last time when she tolerated it (since accepted seems a bit of a reach!!!! lol lol lol) She is wearing a child's sock.

 

[Skink]

Rudy's hernia was significant and had to be bandaged w/ "over alls" I made out of vet wrap, so it would stick to itself enough to hold shape, but not stick to the fragile skin of a newly hatched chick. I have noticed smaller ones will dry, heal and reabsorb on their own, unless they start bleeding from them before they dry (they the "hernia")

I have also dusted w/ a little corn starch to speed up the drying. (flour might work, but I don't ever have flour in the house since I'm allergic)

Thank you! I will keep it in mind for the future. After about 5 hours in the cup, this little one's belly healed shut. I let them out of the cup and they've been acting normal. Now it is just a matter of hoping that they don't have oomphalitis that shows up later on, I guess.

Kassaundra, this makes me wonder... Since your flock carries scaleless, I wonder if the difficulties in your hatches, with so many needing assistance, are related to this, and not an evil possessed incubator...

Just an idle thought, since otherwise your poor hatching results didn't make sense...

- Ant Farm

I also disagree that it is the scaleless gene. This egg hatched near on a whole week late because there were 3 broody hens fighting over it! They kept rolling them between nests despite my best efforts.and it caused a significant disparity in development for half the clutch. Too many cooks in the kitchen led to poor coverage, and low incubation temps can cause open navels (supported further by the lack of bleeding.) I sadly didn't have a way to separate them up or this would have been completely avoided. Lesson learned the hard way, I need to invest in some broody maternity wards.

 

[tlee1956]

A couple weeks ago I posted a pic of my little NN wondering what color she might turn out. Obviously, it's still too early to tell, as she's only three weeks. But I'm getting kinda excited watching these pretty little patterns develop on her feathers.

 

[CHICKN11]

Handsome guy. He looks big!

He is huge! I wasn't expecting him to get as big as he did.

 

[chickengr]

A couple weeks ago I posted a pic of my little NN wondering what color she might turn out. Obviously, it's still too early to tell, as she's only three weeks. But I'm getting kinda excited watching these pretty little patterns develop on her feathers.

beautiful! is it a pullet?

 

[ForrestGump]

Much to my chagrin, my gorgeous dilute NN pullet was made into Turken Noodle Soup. It tasted alright, but wasn't any different that ordinary chicken soup.




Earlier this month I heard a commotion in the yard. My rooster, Sterling, was letting me know that something was up. A bobcat had come into the yard and was taking a chicken. I gave chase, running as fast as I can (which isn't very fast). He ran into the woods and I kept chasing him. He eventually stopped and dropped my pullet. I took her into the house, but it was too late for her. She was such a nice thick young bird that it seemed like a waste to not use the meat. I attempted to process her on the patio. LOL I've never butchered a bird, so I had to make it up as I went along. There might have been a few small feathers in the soup,but overall it was pretty good.

She was only 5 months old and had just started to lay. I put all four of her eggs that I had in the incubator, but only one was fertile. I hope it hatches!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Much to my chagrin, my gorgeous dilute NN pullet was made into Turken Noodle Soup. It tasted alright, but wasn't any different that ordinary chicken soup.




Earlier this month I heard a commotion in the yard. My rooster, Sterling, was letting me know that something was up. A bobcat had come into the yard and was taking a chicken. I gave chase, running as fast as I can (which isn't very fast). He ran into the woods and I kept chasing him. He eventually stopped and dropped my pullet. I took her into the house, but it was too late for her. She was such a nice thick young bird that it seemed like a waste to not use the meat. I attempted to process her on the patio. LOL I've never butchered a bird, so I had to make it up as I went along. There might have been a few small feathers in the soup,but overall it was pretty good.

She was only 5 months old and had just started to lay. I put all four of her eggs that I had in the incubator, but only one was fertile. I hope it hatches!

I'm so sorry to hear that - it's always the special ones, isn't it? Someone one posted that our best birds have targets on their backs - I've never forgotten that. I'm so sorry that that was how your first attempt at processing had to be.

Not sure what others have found, but much of the taste difference I perceive in a Naked Neck is in the skin, so maybe it didn't come through in the soup...

- Ant Farm

 

[tlee1956]

beautiful! is it a pullet?

She was sold to me as a pullet at the feed store, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!