Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[RKMchicks]

What kind do you have, how old, how much?

 

[Turk Raphael]

Kassaundra...as it turns out, having 26 young NN hens delivered by dad was actually a benefit over the 6 I had asked for. I realize now that he was giving me options and I was too dense to see it at the time.

FEED: There is NO way I can or would feed chickens the way my family does...it's just not practical for our situation. They did have a natural slump in laying for about a week but they jumped right into my FF slop and are laying far beyond what I could have expected after such a culture shock.

I have 7 Buckeye cockerels that are about 3 months old and seem to think they are 'men' already. A couple have become emboldened and tried to cover the occasional hen but the silly things haven't even crowed yet and the hens give them a pounding all over the pasture...

I've 'eye-balled' what I think will be my two special cockerels. They are big, beautiful and jammed packed with testosterone already.

I will be getting my caponization classes over this coming weekend...can't hurt.


Turk

 

[flower]

KASSAUNDRA Your birds looks as if you can get them to pose for the camera. After all they star in your photos a lot but I think that maybe you just caught the last batch of photos as they were settling in for the night. Very nice as we all expect form you by now. LOL

 

[Kassaundra]

KASSAUNDRA Your birds looks as if you can get them to pose for the camera. After all they star in your photos a lot but I think that maybe you just caught the last batch of photos as they were settling in for the night. Very nice as we all expect form you by now. LOL

Thanks, and yes, I was taking pics of the sunset, and thought I'd get a few shots of them at the same time. I like taking pics at dusk the colors pop much brighter on birds and flowers.

Here is the sunset that night I took the pics of the birds

 

[maranfarmer563]

Beautiful sunset,I live in the mountains of Pennsylvania,in a valley and never get to see a sunset

 

[draye]

On about the 2nd of October I should have a few more Green Egger Naked Necks. Hoping that they will lay the green eggs anyway.

 

[Kassaundra]

On about the 2nd of October I should have a few more Green Egger Naked Necks. Hoping that they will lay the green eggs anyway.

Hatching or buying?

 

[nate1the1great1]

Really? [COLOR=4E80BF]Q: [/COLOR][COLOR=47476D]How is sex determined in chickens and what does it mean?[/COLOR]

[FLOAT=RIGHT][COLOR=47476D] [/COLOR][/FLOAT] [COLOR=4E80BF]A: [/COLOR][COLOR=47476D]If you want to know how to tell the difference between males and females in chickens, please see our related questions, below. This question addresses how sex is determined in chickens genetically. In birds, the sex of the embryo is determined by the egg, not the sperm (as it is in humans). Avian sex differentiation is not determined by XY chromosomes like it is in humans and most mammals (or even the XO system used by some insects). In those systems the sex is determined by the sperm, by what the male contributes to the offspring. By contrast, birds have a ZW system of sex determination (shared with butterflies, moths, fish and reptiles). In that system, sex is determined by the female within her ova, and the sex of offspring is not affected at all by the sperm which the male contributes. Some people think it is this difference which makes parthenogenesis possible for birds. Parthenogenesis occurs when unfertilized eggs see embryonic development. The truth is that these parthenogenetic eggs are extremely unlikely to hatch, and in most studies, avian parthenogenesis is reported to occur more frequently with turkeys than chickens. (One book I have seen reports just the opposite.) Most parthenogenetic development only involves a few organized cells, and it closely resembles normal embryonic death within the first three days of development in fertilized eggs. Parthenogenesis ceases when the eggs are incubated, although it is theoreticallypossible for one to hatch. Reports suggest that offspring could be males that could then reproduce sexually. Some suggest that parthenogenesis is more common when males are absent from the parent flock, and that parthenogenesis is nature's way of providing for what is missing.[/COLOR]

So thats is why this spring in most of my geese eggs from the cold winter bad fertility had some development in them then died but I had one hatch but it died so no geese babies and most duck eggs the same way

 

[nate1the1great1]

Na is the necked neck gene, nana = fully feathered chicken, NaNa = fully naked neck, little or now neck feathers, Nana = only has on naked neck gene will have a lot of neck feathers in the front of the neck, these neck feathers are called either a bow tie (usually meaning just a few) or a bib ( usually referring to many neck feathers) fm, is the melonitic gene (dark skin like a slilkie) sc is the scaleless gene meaning no feathers, totally naked (if ScSc that is) if Scsc feathering will be normal but they will have patches on their legs w/o scales. Rudy is ScSc, also Fm, but doesn't show much anymore, just the freckles remain This boy shows Fm, is also Scsc but you can't tell from this pic, and is Nana, this bow tie could be referred to as a bib (this is the boy I was referring to about maybe replacing shakespear) This boy is NaNa see his small bow tie This is shakespear he is NaNa w/ just a 2 feather bow tie This girl is Fm and Nana see the larger bow tie (bib)

Ok so i have my 3 nn my 2 black Roos and my buff hen so my one roo has no feathers on neck and my hen and my other roo have bow ties do i have a chance at scaleless featherless plus my blacks have golden locks and lace in some feathers is this norm I'll have pics tomorrow

 

[nate1the1great1]

Here's a pic about 3 weeks ago ill get new pics tomorrow ull see the difference