Is it safe to hatch naked neck turken eggs?

[Moochie]

Our two naked necks lay long oval shaped eggs... Will the shape of the egg affect the developing chick inside? Oh and how do naked neck genetics work? The rooster I have is not a naked neck, if I put in 7 eggs (into my future incubator) that are from my turkens how many will come out with naked necks?

 

[thebanthams]

the shape of eggs have nothing to do with development of the chickens, so go ahead and try . Not sure what kind of rooster, but have fun and see how they turned out ! My chickens are half silkies and austrolorpe, they are Beautiful ! all black with feather feet and little "hat" and has a gold color around their neck like a necklace!

 

[bobbi-j]

Our two naked necks lay long oval shaped eggs... Will the shape of the egg affect the developing chick inside?

Think about this - if the shape of the egg affected the chick, there would be no naked necks.

 

[mayberrygirl]

I have 2 naked necked hens and they are in the coop with the Easter Egger roo, each egg has a 50/50 shot of having a naked neck if the hen has a bow tie (tuft of feathers about 1/4 up the neck) and about a 70% chance if the hen is a complete naked neck. Mine are bow ties, and I get on average 40-50% to hatch out with naked necks. HTH.

 

[Moochie]

Thank you for the responses. Do you get oval shaped eggs too? Yes that's a good point bobbi-j...

Mine have bow ties too. Good to know that I will atleast get 1 or 2 maybe.

 

[mayberrygirl]

Mine lay more oval shaped eggs, one a tinted pink and one a medium brown. But I have hatched speckled sussex eggs that were pointy on both ends and did fine, I have a hen in the coop I hatched that proves it

 

[Orchidsilkie]

the shape of eggs have nothing to do with development of the chickens, so go ahead and try . Not sure what kind of rooster, but have fun and see how they turned out ! My chickens are half silkies and austrolorpe, they are Beautiful ! all black with feather feet and little "hat" and has a gold color around their neck like a necklace!

Oooooh!!!! @ thebanthams, Can I see pictures?!?! I don't think the shape of the egg matters, but I could be wrong, I'm kind of new to this...

 

[thebanthams]

Here is "Tootsie"

 

[Orchidsilkie]

You are right! They are beautiful!!!!