Naked neck chicks with no naked neck?

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Ok so bout 25 days ago I bought 12 naked neck hatching eggs. Well 9 went into lock down 1 I'm sure is dead in shell and we'll we'll are what the hatched chicks look like can u tell me if I was dinner over by the seller. Chick 1

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Chick 2

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Chick 3

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Chick 4 also chick 5 look a bit like chick 4 but 5 ain't dry yet. Also I was under the impression by the egg seller that the stock was pure NNs

 

[sawilliams]

Forgive me, I don't own any myself. But i would say those are certianly naked neck chick. I mean I couldn't possibly tell you if they are breed specific vs mixed breed but they look like the necked neckss my local feed store had and also like chick versions of the naked necks I saw at a show last year

 

[sawilliams]

Ok #4 maybe not?

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Ya I was thinking the 3 might be naked neck or decent naked neck mixes but 4 and 5 as well as the 3 that are hatching all look like 4 i.e no naked necks. I thought that a NN to NN produced all NN chicks or at lest 80% NN chicks might be wrong. I mean the other chicks have pretty colouring but are they truely NNs?

 

[Harmony Fowl]

From what I understand, naked necks have one or two copies of the gene for their featherless necks. One copy leads to a “bow tie” of feathers on the neck. This is a NN cockerel I sold a little while ago.

If a naked neck had two copies of the gene, it should have only NN offspring, though whether they are completely naked necked depends on whether the other parent is NN and whether they have one or two genes themselves. Two birds with just one copy would produce 25% ordinary offspring, which may be what happened with your chicks. Just a chance of the genetic recombination.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

From what I understand, naked necks have one or two copies of the gene for their featherless necks. One copy leads to a “bow tie” of feathers on the neck. This is a NN cockerel I sold a little while ago.
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If a naked neck had two copies of the gene, it should have only NN offspring, though whether they are completely naked necked depends on whether the other parent is NN and whether they have one or two genes themselves. Two birds with just one copy would produce 25% ordinary offspring, which may be what happened with your chicks. Just a chance of the genetic recombination.

Thanks for letting me know as I was getting a bit miffed that I might have been sold NN crosses which still might be possible but at lest I know there is a chance that they are just non naked naked necks lol

 

[MINDANAO DAVE]

All but number 4 are naked neck. Not sure what you got in 4.