Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[draye]

I impulsively bought 3 straight run Naked Neck chicks this spring. They are 6 weeks old now and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what sex they are?

TIA!

Not 100% sure but they look like pullets to me.

 

[hellbender]

Not 100% sure but they look like pullets to me.

It's a tough call but I agree.

 

[nate1the1great1]

IM BACK AND WITH 3 NAKED NECK CHICKS EEEEEEEEKKKKKK a cross with my Transylvania turken cross AMERICAUNA and 2 pure bred and my buff lays white eggs which is strange but I got 2 from her eggs and they came out like the dad and all three are females

And yes my broody is taking care of the ones I want to keep out of my batch there is 8 and I love all of them

 

[hellbender]

IM BACK AND WITH 3 NAKED NECK CHICKS EEEEEEEEKKKKKK a cross with my Transylvania turken cross AMERICAUNA and 2 pure bred and my buff lays white eggs which is strange but I got 2 from her eggs and they came out like the dad and all three are females





And yes my broody is taking care of the ones I want to keep out of my batch there is 8 and I love all of them

They all look nice, puffy-fluffy! Congratulations!

 

[Sierra987]

Not 100% sure but they look like pullets to me.

Thanks for the opinions! That would be odd out of a straight run bin but I guess it's possible. I'm curious how they'll do in the heat of summer compared to my other hens. And what size they end up

 

[DesertChic]

Thanks for the opinions! That would be odd out of a straight run bin but I guess it's possible. I'm curious how they'll do in the heat of summer compared to my other hens. And what size they end up

My NNs are highly tolerant of the heat compared to my other breeds. I hose down a section of the ground with cold water for them and they play happily in it, rarely even panting while it's over 90 degrees. By comparison I've had to hose down my Bielefelders, White Rocks, and Barred Rocks to keep them cooler. (My Australorps also don't seem much effected by the heat, not my little Silkies.) I give all of my birds lots of shade and cold water to drink, sometimes even adding ice to their drinking water. I think you'll be very pleased with their heat and cold tolerance.

 

[Sierra987]

My NNs are highly tolerant of the heat compared to my other breeds. I hose down a section of the ground with cold water for them and they play happily in it, rarely even panting while it's over 90 degrees. By comparison I've had to hose down my Bielefelders, White Rocks, and Barred Rocks to keep them cooler. (My Australorps also don't seem much effected by the heat, not my little Silkies.) I give all of my birds lots of shade and cold water to drink, sometimes even adding ice to their drinking water. I think you'll be very pleased with their heat and cold tolerance. 

Thanks for the info. That is what I'm hoping for.
These are supposed to lay decent and be a bird you can eat too? I may keep back a few of a local "Label Rouge" type chicken and try crossing them. Or not, not sure it's worth the hassle as long as i can just buy the local meat chicks to raise. I didn't like raising the Cornish X at all but did like the local meat bird chicks.

 

[hellbender]

Thanks for the info. That is what I'm hoping for.
These are supposed to lay decent and be a bird you can eat too? I may keep back a few of a local "Label Rouge" type chicken and try crossing them. Or not, not sure it's worth the hassle as long as i can just buy the local meat chicks to raise. I didn't like raising the Cornish X at all but did like the local meat bird chicks.

Interesting...We're working on a Label Rouge type bird too, by covering our NNs with Buckeye cocks and will shortly be adding white Chanteclers to the program. The white birds are the idea of my son and daughter and the notion is growing on me, as time goes by.

We will also be caponising some of the hybrids as well as some purebreds. This is being done for our family use or gifts for friends.....so there will be NO sales program.

 

[Kev]

My NNs are highly tolerant of the heat compared to my other breeds. I hose down a section of the ground with cold water for them and they play happily in it, rarely even panting while it's over 90 degrees. By comparison I've had to hose down my Bielefelders, White Rocks, and Barred Rocks to keep them cooler. (My Australorps also don't seem much effected by the heat, not my little Silkies.) I give all of my birds lots of shade and cold water to drink, sometimes even adding ice to their drinking water. I think you'll be very pleased with their heat and cold tolerance.

This is what I see also. Where I am the summers get to 110-120F. Had to give up on several breeds because they could not handle the heat- some breeds would have big losses due to heat stroke... with some I 'tested' by crossing naked neck into the breeds that could not handle heat very well, in all cases they did much better than the pures.

Some people are trying to convince broiler breeders/raisers to introduce naked neck into their stock, especially those in hot climates. Several studies have shown the naked neck ones did better and gave more meat.

 

[Kev]

Thanks for the info. That is what I'm hoping for.
These are supposed to lay decent and be a bird you can eat too? I may keep back a few of a local "Label Rouge" type chicken and try crossing them. Or not, not sure it's worth the hassle as long as i can just buy the local meat chicks to raise. I didn't like raising the Cornish X at all but did like the local meat bird chicks.

Label Rouge- are they the French imports or being used as a general term here? Curious as the French do have a naked neck version which apparently is very popular free range broiler, partly due to their skin supposedly crisping very well.

Kind of making one myself, with the Freedom and black rangers. The freedoms are looking not too different from buff colored cornish( not cornish X but they still are very big, meaty and now, fatty as they're maturing).. got them as chicks last year and it is apparent they do not handle heat very well- wings out, panting when it's just 80-90 degrees, not sure if they will make it through this summer..