Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickgrowerdan]

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I'll likely never be a breeder but I'd love to be part of a community involved in actively improving Naked Necks and promoting their usefulness to all poultry admirers. I've come to really appreciate their value and yes, even their beauty, so to speak.

 

[hipeatall]

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I would be interested !

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

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Lisa, have you paired a single comb no bowtie yet? see above post for my curiosity.. Pea comb throws a wrench as it can make 'em very naked necked even when not pure NN.. basically want as 'wild type' as possible for 'genetic study' reasons.

Hi Kev! Those no bow-tie bantams all have single combs.
Those are the only grown ones I have with no bow-tie (I think).

Lisa

 

[pgpoultry]

This thread seems to have gone a little quiet (unless I have missed something)....so here are my 3 week olds (look a bit like they are wearing masks and 3 out of the 4 have whiskers.

They are getting BIG.

 

[hipeatall]

I love the masks and the whiskers!!! So adorable

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[featherz]

I just hatched out eight NN chicks from BYC eggs. They are SO cute! I have 7 that are buff colored and one that's dark brown. Adorable in a scary kinda way..

 

[drdoolittle]

How cute, featherz! I just got 6 at Rural King----all a shade of buff, some with brown on their wings. Can't wait to see how they turn out!

 

[slc]

A bow tie indicates that there is only one dominant gene for naked neck.

This is from wikipedia:
"The naked neck trait which this breed is controlled by an incompletely dominant allele (Na) located near the middle of Chromosome 3. Since this allele is dominant individuals which are either homozygous dominant (Na/Na) or heterozygous (Na/na+) will exhibit the naked neck characteristic though the heterozygous individual will exhibit less reduction in feathering - true breeding members of the breed must then be homozygous dominant, and all individuals in the recognized breed must be also.

And this is from the ultimate fowl site:
"How can you tell a Na/na bird from a Na/Na bird? Actually, it is fairly easy. The Na/Na bird has either no 'bow tie' or a very small one made up of just a few feathers. On the other hand, the Na/na bird, that is a naked neck, will have a rather large 'bow tie."

Another strange thing with the double dominant naked neck gene is that it causes a larger breast percentage and thin skin. This is why the Turken is labeled as a good non-broiler meat bird, but this trait was only seen in homozygous Turkens.

"Scientific studies have indicated that the naked neck gene (Na) improves breast size and reduces heat stress in chickens of non-broiler breeds which are homozygous for the trait."

 

[mamawolf544]

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Are those my Grandchickies????
How adorable....

 

[featherz]

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Are those my Grandchickies????
How adorable....

Yes!! they are! I have six buffy ones, one dark brown and one kinda in between. They are awesome, I want more.