Naked neck chicks with no naked neck?

[Harmony Fowl]

She looks exactly like my Agatha.
Mine is 8 weeks.
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I named mine Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I love the name "Agatha" so delicate.

 

[CannedMonster]

I named mine Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove.

I named my two pullets Agatha & Emily after a two-headed vulture that appeared in a Bugs Bunny cartoon about a mad scientist.

 

[Harmony Fowl]

I named my two pullets Agatha & Emily after a two-headed vulture that appeared in a Bugs Bunny cartoon about a mad scientist.
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Perfect!

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Right my chicks are older now and I'll be posting pics of them soon. Now I have more questions. Because I have 3 that did not come out with naked necks are they still Gene carriers? I.e would I be able to sell them as naked neck Gene carrying hens/roos?.

And how to tell male naked necks from females? Asking as 2 have really reddish neck on the sides could be sun burn even tho they are in a covered sheltered area?

 

[Harmony Fowl]

Right my chicks are older now and I'll be posting pics of them soon. Now I have more questions. Because I have 3 that did not come out with naked necks are they still Gene carriers? I.e would I be able to sell them as naked neck Gene carrying hens/roos?.

And how to tell male naked necks from females? Asking as 2 have really reddish neck on the sides could be sun burn even tho they are in a covered sheltered area?

As far as I understand, no, the ordinary chicks are not carriers. The carriers are those with incomplete naked necks, mostly bald but with the bow tie of feathers. The bow tie chicks have one normal gene and one naked gene. No bow tie means two naked genes. No nakedness means two normal genes.

As far as males and females, I find NNs super hard to sex. I think mine is female, but I thought my last cockerel was female for a long time, too. They all turn redder in the face as they mature, you can see that going on if you look under the feathers of even normal juveniles. I still try to go by combs. The cockerel I had did have a small comb that grew into a beautiful walnut comb. The pullet I have now still has almost no comb at all as she approaches three months old.

Would love to see pictures of yours!

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Got pictures of 2 out of the 3 naked necks. While doing the pictures I found to my horror that the only 3 lace Wyandottes I managed to hatch all look male *cry's*.

 

[CannedMonster]

Got pictures of 2 out of the 3 naked necks. While doing the pictures I found to my horror that the only 3 lace Wyandottes I managed to hatch all look male *cry's*.

How old are yours?

I found it pretty easy for me to sex mine.
My cockerels got large red combs and wattles early on.
At 4-5 weeks I could tell 3 of them had combs getting larger and pinker than the other 3. And growing wattles.

Now at 11 weeks it’s extremely obvious.
My pullets hardly have any comb and it’s yellow. No wattles. No saddle feathers.
The cockerels are now getting saddle feathers also.
One of my pullets is getting red in her face but her comb is still small and yellow.
Agatha (pullet 11 weeks):

Emily (pullet 11 weeks):

Loki (cockerel 11 weeks):

Conan (cockerel 11 weeks):

Angus (cockerel 11 weeks):

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Mine are about 8-9 weeks roughly I think mine maybe all girls but their cheek and neck area is red wonder if that's cuz they are not seeking cover even tho they have plenty of it. will post updated photo's later today or tomorrow.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Right here are my 3 naked necks I think they are girls as one of the other chicks that hatched out of a egg marked naked neck with them ( he was not a naked neck) showed as a male at 5 weeks (he found a new home on Saturday with 4 of my Brahma hybrid girls) 2 of the pics is the same bird kept moving trying to get nats