Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Fire Ant Farm]

Thanks you two.

You know, I've always said I didn't care about colors, but Mr. Bo Spangles and your aloha NNs are the first time I've ever had CHICKEN ENVY!!!!

:::want:::

- Ant Farm

 

[draye]

You know, I've always said I didn't care about colors, but Mr. Bo Spangles and your aloha NNs are the first time I've ever had CHICKEN ENVY!!!! 

:::want:::

- Ant Farm

Haha. You can always get a hold of Alohachickens and arrange for some hatching eggs or even chicks. She does ship chicks. Another option would option maybe would wait for some eggs from me. Bo is ready for his part if the bargain but the little hens are just now ready for laying 1 of 3 from that group has laid about 3 or 4 eggs so far.

I have always like having a variety of colors in my NN flock but when I saw the Alohas I too wanted that color. So I decided that I would try to breed some. I don't expect to have all calico colored ones but quite a few.

 

[draye]

I have 44 chicks left from this last hatch. Started with 48. 2 lost within a couple of days and two were culled this weeks.

From what it looks like to me there are 17 to 19 cockerels and 25 to 27 pullets. Subject to change. Week three is usually when you can tell the difference more definitely.

 

[ochochicas]

Exciting news, especially for all of you pea-combed NN lovers out there (aka @hellbender ) I will soon have pea combed NNs hatching in the incubator. The eggs are from my 26 week old pullets, so I have not hatched any of them before. As soon as I have chicks I will be offering to ship hatching eggs to anyone who would like some. Pullets you hatch will likely lay green or dark green eggs. They will be cheap, too!

Cheep cheep.

 

[draye]

Exciting news, especially for all of you pea-combed NN lovers out there (aka @hellbender
)  I will soon have pea combed NNs hatching in the incubator.  The eggs are from my 26 week old pullets, so I have not hatched any of them before.  As soon as I have chicks I will be offering to ship hatching eggs to anyone who would like some.  Pullets you hatch will likely lay green or dark green eggs.  They will be cheap, too!

Cheep cheep.  :yiipchick

How are you going to be able to say they'll lay green eggs? I've got pea combed hens from NN crosses they all Kay brown eggs and I know for a fact that at least one of the hens that laid the green eggs for he is a straight combed hen.

I'm just curious how you'll know.

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: Without going into a huge genetics explanation, I'll give you my probability. You only need one blue gene to get a blue egg. (no blue genes = white egg). If you add brown coating you either get brown or green.
White shell + brown coating = brown
Blue shell + brown coating = green

I have Turken hens laying green eggs. I know they got the blue egg gene from their moms since the moms are Ameraucanas and Legbars, both of which are supposed to have two blue eggs genes. They will pass the blue egg gene on to half of their chicks, so 50% of their chicks will lay blue/green eggs if the dad does not have blue genes.

The rooster I have is an Easter Egger and has at least one blue egg gene. If he has one blue gene half of his offspring will produce blue/green eggs. If he has two blue genes 100% of his off spring will lay blue/green eggs.

Combine the rooster with the turken hens and you are guaranteed at least 75% of the chicks having blue egg genes.

In addition, the dad to the turken hens was also an Olive egger that had one blue egg gene. If he passed that on to the hens they will produce 100% green egg layers.

In conclusion, you have 75 - 87.5% probability of each chick having blue egg genetics. They also have Marans in them, so the eggs will probably be darker green or olive. I don't keep any hens around here for breeding that aren't blue eggers or dark brown layers. The "regular" colored eggs get sold for eating.

I will post pics of the chicks as soon as they hatch.

The color of their eggs will be determined in about 6 months. I'm pretty sure they will be green.

My turken eggs from this weekend.

 

[draye]

Without going into a huge genetics explanation, I'll give you my probability. You only need one blue gene to get a blue egg. (no blue genes = white egg). If you add brown coating you either get brown or green. White shell + brown coating = brown Blue shell + brown coating = green I have Turken hens laying green eggs. I know they got the blue egg gene from their moms since the moms are Ameraucanas and Legbars, both of which are supposed to have two blue eggs genes. They will pass the blue egg gene on to half of their chicks, so 50% of their chicks will lay blue/green eggs if the dad does not have blue genes. The rooster I have is an Easter Egger and has at least one blue egg gene. If he has one blue gene half of his offspring will produce blue/green eggs. If he has two blue genes 100% of his off spring will lay blue/green eggs. Combine the rooster with the turken hens and you are guaranteed at least 75% of the chicks having blue egg genes. In addition, the dad to the turken hens was also an Olive egger that had one blue egg gene. If he passed that on to the hens they will produce 100% green egg layers. In conclusion, you have 75 - 87.5% probability of each chick having blue egg genetics. They also have Marans in them, so the eggs will probably be darker green or olive. I don't keep any hens around here for breeding that aren't blue eggers or dark brown layers. The "regular" colored eggs get sold for eating. I will post pics of the chicks as soon as they hatch. The color of their eggs will be determined in about 6 months. I'm pretty sure they will be green. My turken eggs from this weekend.

I get it now. I thought your just had regular NN's. You may have said before about these. I've got sometimers so I forget a lot of stuff. I've always lived math but in these genetics things mess me up trying to figure out the probability of this or that. Anyway thanks for the explanation. I was just wondering how but I see it now.

 

[ochochicas]

No ordinary NNs on my watch! LOL I have Marans-Turkens and EE Turkens. I'm in the process of getting a new rooster to make even neater egg colors.

 

[draye]

No ordinary NNs on my watch!   LOL  I have Marans-Turkens and EE Turkens.  I'm in the process of getting a new rooster to make even neater egg colors.  

I thought about adding Marans to my NN but I really don't want to have to deal with breeding out feather legs. I'd love to see a darker brien egg though. Not Marans dark but a nice solid brown and not the light brown pinkish to cream brown eggs that move are laying. I've even got one that lays a white eggs. I just haven't quite figured out which one lays it, but really not that important it's an egg and it cooks just like the rest.

 

[draye]

@draye Do you have any pics of that columbian rooster, I wonder how he looks.
Never seen columbian naked neck.

I forgot to say that I want to see his body and type. I saw that picture. How old is he btw? He isn't very old, is he?

@Phill98

Hopefully you can see what you're wanting to see in these two shots. If you tak the pictures they get bigger.

Again he was 18 weeks old on the 1st of this months.