Naked neck genetics

[BlindLemonChicken]

I am hatching chicks from my mixed (jungle fowl?) naked neck rooster and my brown Leghorn rooster. My initial thinking was that the eggs fertilized by the naked neck would have naked necks. He is the subordinate rooster so he doesn’t get as much attention as he might like but he gets plenty behind the big guy’s back so I had a general idea before I set the eggs which rooster was involved with which hen. I was most excited about my Buckeye x Naked Neck egg. But it hatched with the usual feathers so can someone tell me how the naked neck genetics work? I do have one naked neck chick so far. Here is the rooster for reference—he is not a pure Turken but came from a mixed free range flock

 

[2ndTink]

The naked neck gene is incompletely dominant, so your rooster is likely heterozygous, one nn gene, one regular gene. Him crossed to a regular hen will produce 50% nn chicks and 50% regular chicks

On silkies, if you have 1 copy of the nn gene you get a show girl, 2 copies you get a stripper. So a stripper x regular would be 100% show girls.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Interesting! The Buckeye chick is a little smaller than the others (just like the rooster) so it’s still possible he is the father. Very cool. Thanks!

 

[2ndTink]

It's a possibility!

If you want some nn chicks, do you have a way to lock up a pair or trio for a few weeks to get eggs you know are fertilized by him?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

It's a possibility!

If you want some nn chicks, do you have a way to lock up a pair or trio for a few weeks to get eggs you know are fertilized by him?

He is my only naked neck. Now that I know he’s fertile I can incubate more eggs from his coop but they all free range together during the day. So the hens that roost with him aren’t necessarily the only ones he mates with. Somehow he managed to get hold of the big guy’s Brahma girlfriend and produce a naked necked, feather-footed baby.

 

[2ndTink]

He is my only naked neck. Now that I know he’s fertile I can incubate more eggs from his coop but they all free range together during the day. So the hens that roost with him aren’t necessarily the only ones he mates with. Somehow he managed to get hold of the big guy’s Brahma girlfriend and produce a naked necked, feather-footed baby.

That is a net zero feather baby, the feathers it "lost" on it's neck sprouted on it's feet

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

That is a net zero feather baby, the feathers it "lost" on it's neck sprouted on it's feet

My friend said it’s like a chicken version of a mullet

 

[2ndTink]

Look at it!!! hehe, it's cute!