Kiki's found horse eggs—experiment Round 2

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FrankieDoodle said:
Sure!
Here are some of the more recent pics of Iris
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(I can always go out and get more)
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Looks like a pullet so far but it's too early to be sure. The brown tips just suggest baby camo and imperfect black coverage later on. The wing bow is where the male red shows up.

This one is blue but same imperfect coverage and you see how the tips have less blue... And a pullet.
 

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ChooksNQuilts said:
Oh I’m sorry!
A bow tie is when a Turken has a clean neck except for a small “bow tie” of feathers in the middle. There’s no feathers above or below that.
A bib is when they have a lot of feathering in the middle of the neck and it covers the lower part of the neck or the lower part is feathered and not naked at all.
It has to do with the genes and how the NN gene is passed.
If you breed a NN bow tie bird to a non-NN feathered bird, you will get about half NN bow ties and half feathered birds.
If you breed a bib NN to a non-NN you won’t get any bow ties at all.
I won’t even get into how breeding NN to NN works unless you’re interested.
A lot of it has to do with how many copies of the gene they have, etc.

Some NNs are completely naked all the way down to the chest.
These and the bow ties are more sought after for breeding because you’ll get chicks that are more “naked” lol.
I’m not an expert by any means but I have learned a lot about the genetics of it from older BYC threads.
My understanding is that most Turken chickens in the US are actually mixed with other breeds. That’s why you get the crazy colors kind of like EE.
I’ll try to find a photo...
Here’s a bow tie (Agatha):
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This one looks more “bib” like. He’s still naked on his chest though.
If you google images of NNs you’ll see photos of some that aren’t naked on the chest...those are the “bibs”.
I’ve also learned that Turkens are naked on their flanks under the wings and on the belly some too.
I thought it was only the neck lol.
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I missed this post.

THANK YOU for explaining this to me/us.
I think I might be tempted to pull out the bow tie feathers. :oops:
 
KikisGirls said:
I missed this post.

THANK YOU for explaining this to me/us.
I think I might be tempted to pull out the bow tie feathers. :oops:
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No no don’t do that :lol:.
I’m glad I could help foster a better understanding of the breed. :)
I’m finding a real appreciation for these guys as I raise them.
They’re pretty neat.
I like to pet them on their skin, it’s very soft.

Emily here looks like she’s wearing a feather boa on her neck
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