Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[CliffB]

He's growing up so fast. Too bad he's heading to the swap Saturday.

 

[CliffB]

 

[jgoldy2]

There is a storm coming to Colorado but once the storm is over I will take photos of my 6 NNs

 

[draye]

There is a storm coming to Colorado but once the storm is over I will take photos of my 6 NNs

Hope you weather the storm well. Take care.

 

[DesertChic]

Ack! I think I created a monster! My NN chicks are 3 weeks old now and my favorite one, Pippen, seems determined to leave the brooder and hunt me down no matter what...usually leaving a trail of poops on the carpeting behind him...LOL! I guess maybe I've spent too much time with him?

 

[hellbender]

Ack! I think I created a monster! My NN chicks are 3 weeks old now and my favorite one, Pippen, seems determined to leave the brooder and hunt me down no matter what...usually leaving a trail of poops on the carpeting behind him...LOL! I guess maybe I've spent too much time with him?

You need to pick him up and drop-kick him back into the brooder!!!

I think you know I kidding. It's really easy to get attached to them when they are so young and helpless.

 

[ochochicas]

Ack! I think I created a monster! My NN chicks are 3 weeks old now and my favorite one, Pippen, seems determined to leave the brooder and hunt me down no matter what...usually leaving a trail of poops on the carpeting behind him...LOL! I guess maybe I've spent too much time with him?

Ours were the same way! We had to cover the brooder with bird netting to keep them in. When they were a bit older they figured out how to jump up, grab the netting and pull a corner off. One day I came home from work to find 3 of them running all over the house looking for the kitchen!

 

[hellbender]

Ours were the same way! We had to cover the brooder with bird netting to keep them in. When they were a bit older they figured out how to jump up, grab the netting and pull a corner off. One day I came home from work to find 3 of them running all over the house looking for the kitchen!

In the same vein, our brooders are 24 inches high to make it easy to get in and clean. We put removable 'roost' bars of 2x2s in at about 12 inches from the floor because they start roosting very early and they retain that learning.

We happen to have several X-pens (dog-show exercise pens) from an earlier life that are easily opened at one corner and they lay very well on the 4 foot slats to keep the chicks in and they are easily folded up to get in and catch or move birds, then unfold tight back to cover quickly. Excellent re-purpose.

 

[DesertChic]

In the same vein, our brooders are 24 inches high to make it easy to get in and clean. We put removable 'roost' bars of 2x2s in at about 12 inches from the floor because they start roosting very early and they retain that learning.

We happen to have several X-pens (dog-show exercise pens) from an earlier life that are easily opened at one corner and they lay very well on the 4 foot slats to keep the chicks in and they are easily folded up to get in and catch or move birds, then unfold tight back to cover quickly. Excellent re-purpose.

Funny you should mention this....I just obtained a couple X-large dog pens much like what you described. I plan to keep one over the brooder to give them more height for perching than the current cover does while still keeping them contained, and I'm going to put the other outside minus the floor so they can start spending some time outdoors in this gorgeous weather we're having.

I do love these little chicks, but Pippen is special. All the other chicks I keep examining for breeder quality vs possible future cull. Pippen, however, I had promised my son I would not cull and right now I'm glad I made that promise. He or she is especially charming.

 

[draye]

See my pretty boy:

Will be my Green Egger Naked Neck breeder rooster. This fall I will be setting him up with 2 Naked Neck hens and 2 Easter Egger hens.