6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[JadeComputerGal]

Does this mean you can potentially slow or speed hatching based on the lighting in the hatching room?

 

[Bazy]

Does this mean you can potentially slow or speed hatching based on the lighting in the hatching room?

I don't think so.. I t just makes ME feel better! Seems like the right thing to do if they try to hatch before the blood vessles and yolk sack have been absorbed. Maybe make them less mobile??

 

[SilkieSensation]

what percentage of NN chick do you get?  I just hatched NN / brahmas   hatch 16 chicks   only 6 NN chicks.

I don't think you were actually talking to me, I hatched 14 from my last hatch. I got 9 out of the 14 that were Baked Neck.

That us actually better odds than I have had with NN to NN matings. I believe that my NN stick are only carting one NN gene.

I've got a NN rooster in with some cross bred hens and have eggs that I'm setting from them for the HAL. I also have a son of this NN rooster not naked neck in with some NN hens. I'll see what the results are from these matings.

Naked neck genetics work as follows:
You can get naked neck with 2 gene combos.
Double naked neck gene (NN) gives you a bird with completely naked neck, no feathers at base of neck.
Single naked neck gene (Nf) has 1 gene for naked & 1 gene for feathers and gives a botwie, the naked neck with a little tuft of feathers at base of neck.
No naked neck gene (ff), regular feathered neck.

NN to NN gives 100% NN (naked necks)
NN to ff gives 100% Nf (bowties)
Nf to Nf gives 25% NN, 50% Nf, 25% ff (feathered)
NN to Nf gives 75% NN, 25% Nf
Nf to ff gives 25% Nf, 75% ff

Hope this helps a little.

 

[draye]

Naked neck genetics work as follows:
You can get naked neck with 2 gene combos.
Double naked neck gene (NN) gives you a bird with completely naked neck, no feathers at base of neck.
Single naked neck gene (Nf) has 1 gene for naked & 1 gene for feathers and gives a botwie, the naked neck with a little tuft of feathers at base of neck.
No naked neck gene (ff), regular feathered neck.

NN to NN gives 100% NN (naked necks)
NN to ff gives 100% Nf (bowties)
Nf to Nf gives 25% NN, 50% Nf, 25% ff (feathered)
NN to Nf gives 75% NN, 25% Nf
Nf to ff gives 25% Nf, 75% ff

Hope this helps a little.

It does help. My rooster and a couple of the hens have big bibs. This is because they carry only one naked neck gene. This causes some if the offspring to inherit being fully feathered. I think that I read that it is like 1/4 of them will be fully feathered.

Edited: well nevermind my ramblings. I see now where you put that in. Sometimes my brain dien't connect to what I'm reading.

 

[Sueg4332]

Naked neck genetics work as follows:
You can get naked neck with 2 gene combos.
Double naked neck gene (NN) gives you a bird with completely naked neck, no feathers at base of neck.
Single naked neck gene (Nf) has 1 gene for naked & 1 gene for feathers and gives a botwie, the naked neck with a little tuft of feathers at base of neck.
No naked neck gene (ff), regular feathered neck.

NN to NN gives 100% NN (naked necks)
NN to ff gives 100% Nf (bowties)
Nf to Nf gives 25% NN, 50% Nf, 25% ff (feathered)
NN to Nf gives 75% NN, 25% Nf
Nf to ff gives 25% Nf, 75% ff

Hope this helps a little.

thank both of you for the answers. so keeping the non naked pullets wouldnt produce any NN bred to there father ( regular chicken) or any regular chicken.. I don't know anything about my little hen NN. Other then she lays eggs , lots of eggs. I had kept 2 pullets from her spring hatch but someone stole the 10 pullets in that pen. So I am starting over again.
I do have a little rooster out of her that is out of her and a cochin bantam roo. He is so cute.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Naked neck genetics work as follows:

You can get naked neck with 2 gene combos.

Double naked neck gene (NN) gives you a bird with completely naked neck, no feathers at base of neck.

Single naked neck gene (Nf) has 1 gene for naked

thank both of you for the answers. so keeping the non naked pullets wouldnt produce any NN bred to there father ( regular chicken) or any regular chicken..   I don't know anything about my little hen NN.  Other then she lays eggs , lots of eggs.  I had kept 2 pullets from her spring hatch but someone stole the 10 pullets in that pen.   So I am starting over again.
I do have a little rooster out of her that is out of her and a cochin bantam roo.  He is so cute.

Naked neck is dominant. If they carry the gene for it they show it. You won't get any naked neck babies without a naked neck parent.

 

[Roan]

Does this mean you can potentially slow or speed hatching based on the lighting in the hatching room?

I don't think so.. I t just makes ME feel better! Seems like the right thing to do if they try to hatch before the blood vessles and yolk sack have been absorbed. Maybe make them less mobile??

Under a broody hen, they get no light except for what little time (by comparison) that the hen is off the nest for dust bathing, eating and drinking and it doesn't seem to make a difference in hatch speed. So I don't really see how making it dark would do much to slow them down. Of course, I'm no expert but just giving my two cents worth.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

So I guess everyone is setting chicken eggs at noon on the 10th?
I have to build something to block off the nests and clean them well. There are 3 adolescents that started sleeping in them so I need to force them to roost.

 

[sunshinechick83]

So I guess everyone is setting chicken eggs at noon on the 10th?
I have to build something to block off the nests and clean them well. There are 3 adolescents that started sleeping in them so I need to force them to roost.

Its noon on the 11th.
I'm in MO also.
My mottled cochin seems to be sleeping in a nesting box the past week or so also. I need to do something about that. Im a bit sick of scooping poo out of it every morning. Advice?

 

[ronott1]

Does this mean you can potentially slow or speed hatching based on the lighting in the hatching room?

Hours or daylight or supplemental light for the flock is important for rooster fertility and egg laying of the hen. It does not change the hatch time.