Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[draye]

I don't believe most of what is said in the hatchery descriptions.  over the last couple years, I brow-beat Murray Mcmurray into changing their description of NNs in a couple ways...sorta.  I had them change the breed from poor to excellent foragers and likely to set...also I STRONGLY suggested they change the picture representing the breed.  They has one that had been de-beaked quite severely and they put up one that had not been.

I wouldn't buy even one bird from them but I didn't like the way they represented the NN.  I suppose I might have inadvertently improved MM chance of sales!!!

Thank you!  They had the same horrible picture up for YEARS...   it seemed like it was one of the only few breeds pictured instead of illustrated...  it sure seemed like they deliberately tried to make this wonderful breed as horrible as possible.

Here's the link to the picture Ron talked about:  https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/turkens_naked_necks.html

btw- my very first NN came from McMurray.  She was a wonderful huge hen that followed me around like a puppy.

I had emailed the person behind the Henderson breed chart that was prominent online for a while, it said NN were medium layers and prone to sunburn.  Sigh...........

around that time, I was getting so many comments about sunburn on them-  like I MUST apply sunblock on them(do they have any NN?  you guess...) or how often do I need to apply it and so on.   Some buyers in fact did not want to get NN thinking they would be too much work and were happy to get some after being informed.

Broodiness IS genetic.   I don't know the genetics behind it though.

Ha ha, I've saw that picture I don't know how many times and never noticed that it was debeaked.

Some of my original NN came from McMurray, i didnt order tgem myself but knew the guy that did, my brother, i got them off of him. i only have one hen from their line left. Wished I had more because they were the best layers of the NN. The ones I have now are most what I call medium layers. Their eggs aren't particularly large either.

The next group I got from Cackle out of 25 pullets lost about 5 or 6 after they got to also laying age. First year they weren't particularly good layers but after selling off most of them their second year they started laying much better. I did have one hen that ever since she started laying would lay the wrinkledest egg I've ever seen then after a while it was very thin shelled and most if tge time cracked on the end where she laid in the box. Finally figured out which one laid it and sold her off. Ultimately I'm done to only 1 hen from that batch of Cackles. My beautiful Mottled Partridge one.

 

[michellemire]

got my first naked neck from my turken Silkie pen now just to figure out if it's a turken r a turken Silkie mix

 

[draye]

got my first naked neck from my turken Silkie pen now just to figure out if it's a turken r a turken Silkie mix

Any of tge following: five toes, crest, vaulted skull, feathered legs? Any or combination if these? Indication of the Silkie! Oh yeah, dark skin?

 

[michellemire]

It has 5 toes n dark skin everywhere except it's neck the crest looks Silkie no feather in legs n toes idk how to tell the skull

 

[draye]

It has 5 toes n dark skin everywhere except it's neck the crest looks Silkie no feather in legs n toes idk how to tell the skull

I would say that it is 1/2 Silkie. If there were no other rooster with five toes and dark skin then yes the Silkie was the daddy.

 

[michellemire]

My turken hen has 5 toes n feather legs.

that's my hen she's brood right now

 

[draye]

My turken hen has 5 toes n feather legs.

that's my hen she's brood right now

Okay I see now. I didn't realize that she had the Silkie look to her. So it could still be up in the air.

 

[michellemire]

It doesn't really matter if it's mixed r not I'm still gonna keep it

 

[draye]

It doesn't really matter if it's mixed r not I'm still gonna keep it

Sorry I didn't mean anything g bad by what I said. It is very cute and I have mixed Naked Necks also. I've got one right now that lays a green egg.

 

[Kassaundra]

"Mixed" isn't a dirty word on this thread. Most of us actually view it as a good thing. lol