Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[1TurkenLover]

Last night ....as I was checking on/putting up for the night ..our mix runs of barnyard Girls. Roster, ( overwintering) Bantams hens and Finally :

I noticed the LF group with NN hens, both Necks were almost sunburn like Pink/Red. . . Thinking now it's windburn ? as we're in the lower Pacific NW. What can I do to help them ? was Not Blistered or seemed like any Pain on areas.. . . Just bugging me, All Chickens drinking water like crazy....

Ideas anyone

 

[azer]

Here is Rudy in action, it was yesterday just after we tried his dino outfit on.

Rudy is awesome !!!

 

[ChickyChickens]

RUDY IS DEFINTELY AWESOME!!!

 

[draye]

Got a good deal on some NN's toady @ auction.

A quad for $12.00. Didn't really need the rooster but made room for him. I'll probably use him for a batch of spring babies. That will help out my gene pool I'm trying to build up.

The rooster is a red barred color. One hen is the classic red color, one hen is a nice silver penciled color with the salmon colored breast,and the third one looks like it was supposed to be a golden laced but the lacing messed up and looks like black blobs on her.
They appear to be about three years old but I think they are still laying but in milt right now.

 

[maralpz2006]

draye please post some pics especially hen is a nice silver penciled color with the salmon colored breast,and the third one looks like it was supposed to be a golden laced but the lacing

 

[draye]

I will try but it probably be a while. All I have right now is my phone. Computer is down ANSI haven't found a way to post pictures from my phone.

 

[draye]

draye please post some pics especially hen is a nice silver penciled color with the salmon colored breast,and the third one looks like it was supposed to be a golden laced but the lacing

I will try but it probably be a while. All I have right now is my phone. Computer is down ANSI haven't found a way to post pictures from my phone.

I just figured out how to load pictures from my phone. I'll try to get some pics of them in a day or two.

 

[Kev]

looking forward to pics. still working on the salmons?

 

[draye]

Well sort of. All I have been able to get salmon on is the cockerels. These are some out of my Easter Eggers. The best one though didn't get the naked neck looks like an EE. He is turning out a Blue Salmon. I did get one that looks salmonish colored but not as well that did get the NN.

I think breeding to the partridge colored NN's are going to give me some mottled chicks, I may decide to go that direction with them.

Right now I have such a variety of colors in my NN's that it may be hard to go in a specific direction with them. I got a very beautiful colored (not a naked necked one though), I think he may make some beautiful babies most likely green egg layers, his mother is cross EE/NN hen that lays a green egg.

I'm told that he is Wheaten & Duckwing, also with Splash as his tail feathers and lower wing feathers are blue. The neck feathers are a creamy white. Not sure that it is true cream or not. I have him penned with three hens getting ready for chicks. If they are still laying maybe for the New Years hatch-a-long.

 

[Kev]

I do know what you mean- so many colors and patterns it becomes hard to decide what directions to go in.... my laced NN project were a total 'accident' due to a hen that by pure genetic coincidence had the beginnings of lacing. Then I had thoughts of making LF henny feathered laced birds..... because there's barely any henny feathering in LF. Then thought about introducing blue.... And so on.....

How do you mean by no salmon hens? It is tricky to guess which hens are genetic salmons, they look so much like regular wheaten hens... the only thing I can think of is they could be the wheaten hens with a fair bit of patterning on their backs but thats not fool proof.. however with a salmon father, the chances are at least 50% ish

Remind me, your partridges are also mottled..?

Beautiful roo, he seems to have dun or chocolate maybe, do you know? I never worked with either so could not tell much.

If he has cream, he will add huge color variety to your flock for sure. I love the cream look.