Broiler Naked Neck Crosses

[Mia Sebastian]

Has anyone ever cross a Naked neck with a broiler?
thinking to try it with some broilers I'm growing.

 

[Kessel23]

I have not, I am keeping some broilers to cross to my egyption fayoumis and leghorns though, can't wait to see what I get from that. Not many people cross breed broilers because they can be very hard to keep alive for a long period of time. Make sure to pick the strongest and most active ones to keep, broilers have a hard time making it to their first birthday though so make sure to keep more than you are planning to have.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Has anyone ever cross a Naked neck with a broiler?
thinking to try it with some broilers I'm growing.

It’s already been done by Israeli scientists. They used the gene that makes Naked Necks have less feathers and crossed that into a Cornish cross line to create a completely featherless chicken.

 

[Mia Sebastian]

I have not, I am keeping some broilers to cross to my egyption fayoumis and leghorns though, can't wait to see what I get from that. Not many people cross breed broilers because they can be very hard to keep alive for a long period of time. Make sure to pick the strongest and most active ones to keep, broilers have a hard time making it to their first birthday though so make sure to keep more than you are planning to have.

that will be an interested cross!!!
please post pictures when you hatch chicks.
I will be keeping the smaller hens and will not raise them on grower and feeding once a day as i feed the rest of my flock. I will have a naked neck rooster breed them and hope that works.

 

[Mia Sebastian]

It’s already been done by Israeli scientists. They used the gene that makes Naked Necks have less feathers and crossed that into a Cornish cross line to create a completely featherless chicken.

Do you happen to have pictures of this crosses?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Do you happen to have pictures of this crosses?

 

[Kessel23]

Oh wow that is kinda disturbing lol

 

[BlueBaby]

Has anyone ever cross a Naked neck with a broiler?
thinking to try it with some broilers I'm growing.

@DesertChic lives near you and has crossed her NN's with just about everything, and some have turned out pretty colorful along with being big meat bird's!. She might have already did the cross that you are asking about.

My White nn roo in my avatar is a NN/Breese mix.

 

[DesertChic]

@DesertChic lives near you and has crossed her NN's with just about everything, and some have turned out pretty colorful along with being big meat bird's!. She might have already did the cross that you are asking about.

My White nn roo in my avatar is a NN/Breese mix.

I tried making the NN/Broiler cross, but could never get fertility in the hen's eggs. The Broiler rooster I had processed out at over 13 lbs, and he was so huge it was impossible for him to breed ANY hen on my property. (He was over a year old.)

I know another NN enthusiastic who worked for at least a year on trying to make the NN/Broiler cross and was very disappointed with the results. I believe he scrapped the entire project.

The NN/White Rock crossed give really good results though. That's how I got several of my larger hens and this guy, currently about 13 lbs at 1.5 yeas of age:

 

[Mia Sebastian]

I tried making the NN/Broiler cross, but could never get fertility in the hen's eggs. The Broiler rooster I had processed out at over 13 lbs, and he was so huge it was impossible for him to breed ANY hen on my property. (He was over a year old.)

I know another NN enthusiastic who worked for at least a year on trying to make the NN/Broiler cross and was very disappointed with the results. I believe he scrapped the entire project.

The NN/White Rock crossed give really good results though. That's how I got several of my larger hens and this guy, currently about 13 lbs at 1.5 yeas of age:
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Desert Chick do you have any Naked Neck roosters available?
i will love to get one, i recently purchased 5 Naked Neck pullets.