Help with turken Breed page

I've got a couple of pictures of my turken chick. she just hatched in june, so she's still young. Do you want me to email them? I can take a more as she gets older. Her whole head is that black/grey now.

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First.. I would like to mention a very common misinformation that only the "pure ones" have completely bald necks. Birds pure for the naked neck gene with small bowties are extremely common. It is the birds with large bowties that are not pure for the naked neck gene. The visual effect is obvious right at hatch(see pair of blue chicks below)

The one major exception to this is if the Pea comb gene is present. If a pea combed bird is crossed with a turken, the chicks will look more naked and have medium or small bowties. This is because pea comb gene has a side effect of reducing the overall number of feathers on a bird.

Here's my pic of day olds:

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Blue day olds:
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chick on left is not pure for naked neck and the one on right is.

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