Update: So the little dude is 11 weeks old and just started getting feather quills poking out in most of his naked areas. His neck and chest still have many bald patches and he still has a crazy mullet.
I’m surprised he’s actually feathering and blown away that it took 11 weeks for him to start!
I’m feeding flockraiser with 20% protein. I have 30% gamebird feed I can add in but I’ve got light breeds and ducklings all together so I thought it’d be overkill.
Luckily he’s a Silicon Valley bird so no extreme weather here. He’s also in a brooder coop that has 3 week old babies on the other...
I’m a sucker, too. It doesn’t hurt that he’s a love bug. My 3-year-old thinks he’s the bees knees and named him “Chicken Wing” :love
But alas my inner adult keeps reminding me he cannot stay. He cannot stay. He cannot stay. :barnie
Darn! I’d have done it, too!
I’ll totally ship him once he’s older and I’ll even go halfers on the box with whoever wants him. I’d love to see what he grows into.
I’m in city limits so I only keep my special-needs, old lady flock here. Hobby breeding flocks are on my family’s property and they...
You guys are a crack up!!
I pinged the person I got the eggs from and she’s at a total loss. She’s also breeding for blue egg color so most of her bird build off of Ameraucanas and Cream Legbars. She has no Turkens and never has.
I’ve got enough projects going on around here so if anyone in...
Definitely from purchased eggs then. Never had and never would go out to seek that intentionally.
So is there such thing as Nearly Naked Turken? :D Because this is what he is!
Hi folks, need help with this strange little creature. I hatched my own polish, EEs and threw in some purchased EE eggs in for good measure.
Fast forward 6 weeks from hatch and I have this creature. He’s MASSIVE and towers over the other EEs, he’s the weight of 6 Polish the same age...