Cross Naked Neck?

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

Hey guys, about two weeks ago,I asked if my yellow naked neck was a crossbreed of some other breed. Well, I was looking at my flock today and saw that my other NN had fur covering her crop. So, she may be a Naked Neck. Tell me what you guys think.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Compost King]

I would vote in the poll but I actually do not know and do not want to soil the poll with a guess from an ignoramus. I do like the chicken picture though.

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

It’s fine you wouldn’t soil it. Yes she is very photogenic. Took me forever to take that picture though. Thanks for replying!

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

She does have growing small brown feathers around her eyes. That might be a sign of her being a cross.

 

[The Moonshiner]

NN is a breed but also its a gene.
Very few NN chickens are true breed NN.
They are just mixes or mixed ancestry that carry the NN gene.
Your hen is of mixed ancestry.

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

Thanks for the reply! Just wondering what breed she could half be...

 

[Compost King]

Its a crappy picture, I don't know if he is pure bred or not. I have been told his father was an award winner but it wasn't part of the sales pitch since he was just $5. Don't know if his mother was a Naked Neck or not but I figured I would show this to demonstrate how far down the feather line might go on a pure bred. 1/3rd to half his chest is bare. I only have him to breed with meat birds and know zip zero nada about pure breds and breeding for SOP.

Here is a better focused picture although you can not see how low the feather line goes down. He is next to a Red Ranger meat bird and is fairly large himself but she definitely weighs much more.

 

[The Moonshiner]

How much nakedness they have doesn't have anything to do with the NN breed or pureness.
NN is a gene and acts the same on any breed or mix.
When they're carrying two copies of the gene they're bare all the way down the neck. When they only have one gene they have the patch or "bow tie" of feathers.
Your bird would produce all NN offspring when bred to anything. OPs is single gene so would only produce 50% NN offspring when bred to a non NN bird.

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

He’s so cute! He looks more like my hen Amber than my other hen Kira. So, I guess my Amber might be more NN. The feather line does go down a lot!

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

Kira has a bow tie feather. So, I guess she has the single gene.