Naked necks

[Kessel23]

I have a naked neck hen and I bred her to an EE rooster, will any of the offspring be naked necked? Is it dominate?

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I believe 50% will be.

 

[Kessel23]

I believe 50% will be.

Ok, hopefully that's correct. I want some more but I don't want to order any birds this year. Another question, since the EE has 1 gene for muffs/beard, 50% of his chicks have muffs/beard. Is it possible for a chicken to have a naked neck, muffs, and a beard?

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Ok, hopefully that's correct. I want some more but I don't want to order any birds this year. Another question, since the EE has 1 gene for muffs/beard, 50% of his chicks have muffs/beard. Is it possible for a chicken to have a naked neck, muffs, and a beard?

Yes it is! In fact showgirls have naked necks, with a beard!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Can you post a picture of your naked neck?

 

[Kessel23]

Here is one of the pullets from this winter. I will need to get some more recent pictures. This one is still not laying yet, the one I took eggs from is black.

The dad has genetics for blue eggs and 1 gene for muffs/beard. Last year when I bred him to leghorns and RIR I got a pullet that laid blue eggs and one that laid green. The rooster also has some blue wing feathers and tail feathers, I think it looks pretty cool.

 

[Beer can]

What you can expect with breedings.

NN x NN = 100% NN
NN x Nn = 50% NN, 50% Nn
NN x nn = 100% Nn
Nn x Nn = 25% NN, 50% Nn, 25% nn
Nn x nn = 50% Nn, 50% nn

NN = clean neck and sometimes small bowtie.
Nn = bowtie
nn = fully feathered bird

So if NN (homogeneous) is bred to a fully feathered breed such as you EE the offspring will be 100% naked necks, with a bowtie. If your hen is not homogeneous odds are 50% will be bowtied naked necks, rest will be fully feathered. Odds don't mean it's a exact science especially if your only hatching a small number of eggs.
You can always eventually end up breeding back to pure homogeneous NNs even with bowtied Nns, just how the gene works.

 

[Beer can]

Your hen even with the bowtie might still be homogeneous. I had a bunch of clean neck hens, but my rooster had a small bowtie. The one in my avatar when bred to fully feathered white jersey giants hatched 100% Nn naked necks.

 

[Kessel23]

Thanks @Beer can, I actually got naked necks because I saw you recommending them a while back
I think both of my hens have the bowties, I did not know what they were until now though. I will take some pictures when I can.

 

[Leslie T]

I got four Turken chicks this last spring along with several other breeds. The pullets are the sweetest ones of the bunch. All of mine have the a pooch of feathers on the lower part of the neck. I read there are several varieties, some with no feathers on the neck and some with a little (like mine). I have one Cockerel that has a lot of feathers on the neck and really short tail feathers. I think he is the product of the mix. These pictures of of the Roos and one Hen. They are 12 weeks here.