Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

My poor showgirl got eaten by a hawk

I'm so sorry! Dang hawk!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

We have 2 new NNs. We are new to chickens in general and ordered a batch from MPC. We had a few losses and when I saw these at the feed store I couldn't resist. We expected our neighbor would take one but he declined and we ended up with both. Any ideas on how on earth their coloring will pan out? The black one has a fluffy white rear lol and some red tips on her wings. They are now close to 2 weeks old. Introducing Heeby and Jeeby

Congratulations! So adorable! I'd guess one will be light brown and the other will be black with red (to say, I'm not a good guesser).

 

[mysterychick]

Congratulations! So adorable!
I'd guess one will be light brown and the other will be black with red (to say, I'm not a good guesser).

Thank you! I'm really curious about it! I do think they are so ugly they are cute. They certainly seem like very very sweet chicks so far, so we are happy.

 

[SlipsWife]

Thank you! I'm really curious about it! I do think they are so ugly they are cute. They certainly seem like very very sweet chicks so far, so we are happy.

I found a not so good picture of our 2 hens from when they were chicks and then a couple of current ones. The last 2 are from last year when they were still young but they show more of their bodies. They wouldn't back away from the camera the other day because they thought I had something for them...

 

[mysterychick]

I found a not so good picture of our 2 hens from when they were chicks and then a couple of current ones. The last 2 are from last year when they were still young but they show more of their bodies. They wouldn't back away from the camera the other day because they thought I had something for them...

Oh wow - you are so awesome! They look very similar to mine as chicks and it is striking how different they look when older. I think yours are both beautiful, so hopefully ours will grow to be as gorgeous! I so appreciate these pics!!

 

[SlipsWife]

Oh wow - you are so awesome! They look very similar to mine as chicks and it is striking how different they look when older. I think yours are both beautiful, so hopefully ours will grow to be as gorgeous! I so appreciate these pics!!

No problem! I can't get over how much they change either. The red turken had us convinced she was a he for the longest time! They have been a couple of our favorites though I do prefer the clean neck. The prettiest of the new chicks from this year don't have the clean necks I was wanting and the couple that aren't that striking do...I need to decide if clean neck is really that important to me.

 

[mysterychick]

No problem! I can't get over how much they change either. The red turken had us convinced she was a he for the longest time! They have been a couple of our favorites though I do prefer the clean neck. The prettiest of the new chicks from this year don't have the clean necks I was wanting and the couple that aren't that striking do...I need to decide if clean neck is really that important to me.

I like the totally clean neck too, and neither of ours have that. I regret not looking more closely at the selection as these two we actually got in person. They were 100% an impulse buy though and I really thought my neighbor was going to take the black, so I just picked form the prettiest of the cream females. I wasn't familiar enough with the breed to even notice the fluff on their necks until later! I really enjoy their personalities though. Our buff one is easily the mellowest of all our chicks and is totally relaxed about being held and moved about, so I am attached to her no matter how ugly she ends up being or not! And thanks again for those photos. I spent a really long time studying them and your chicks and comparing and contrasting to my chicks!

 

[SlipsWife]

I like the totally clean neck too, and neither of ours have that. I regret not looking more closely at the selection as these two we actually got in person. They were 100% an impulse buy though and I really thought my neighbor was going to take the black, so I just picked form the prettiest of the cream females. I wasn't familiar enough with the breed to even notice the fluff on their necks until later! I really enjoy their personalities though. Our buff one is easily the mellowest of all our chicks and is totally relaxed about being held and moved about, so I am attached to her no matter how ugly she ends up being or not! And thanks again for those photos. I spent a really long time studying them and your chicks and comparing and contrasting to my chicks!

You won't regret getting them and you will probably be hooked and always have them now, just a heads up...

We got ours as part of a hatchery surprise, we never would have bought them on our own. They laid all winter without extra light, right along with our red sex link girls. They might take an extra day or so off and their eggs aren't as large as what I thought they would be but now that they are over a year old they are getting larger.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Some of you know, I started with Naked Necks for the purpose of taking them as 'far and away' from ASOP as possible. Now I'm trying to take the same line of birds back toward standard of perfection. Except, that (single comb brown egg layers) just by itself is kind of boring to me : ) So I'm keeping frizzle going. These are a week old-ish. Black and splash. They should be contenders : )

Haha sounds like you're going thru what I went through. As far away as possible, go nuts.. but then one line going back to ASOP-ish. Frizzled ones would be wonderful. My ASOP-ish is LF, except as large/heavy as I can breed them(past the ASOP weights) and maintain some single combed colored eggers. on and off I think of ASOP type except with Fm.

Typey WITH Fm --- oh that would be beautiful! And I don't see why it isn't 'do - able' ; ) {Although *reading* about Fm is beginning to make my head hurt (as well as being a pain in other parts of my anatomy)}

 

[Kassaundra]

Lost one of the black fluffed Fm chicks today. No sign of sickness or sluggishness. Yesterday perfectly healthy, eating jumping running then today dead. The one Fm w/ lighter skin and yellow fluff was the one I was worried about, but she seems to be doing much much better. Never really sick acting just didn't eat for a day, but she is making up for it now.