Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[LeafBlade12345]

Thank you so much for the welcome Phill,
I am lucky, on any other forum other than BYC, the mods would be cleaning some threads up....I fell for turkens too, they are very cute and sweet. Some of them on this thread are actually very pretty...when I was young we visited a farm and I opened the gate and got into the chicken coop. There were a few naked necks and they were nowhere near as beautiful as some of the birds on this thread....I just had a bad experience I guess...I remember waking up my parents due to irrational "monster chicken nightmares"...lol, they still tease me about that...

 

[Phill98]

Thank you so much for the welcome Phill,
I am lucky, on any other forum other than BYC, the mods would be cleaning some threads up....I fell for turkens too, they are very cute and sweet. Some of them on this thread are actually very pretty...when I was young we visited a farm and I opened the gate and got into the chicken coop. There were a few naked necks and they were nowhere near as beautiful as some of the birds on this thread....I just had a bad experience I guess...I remember waking up my parents due to irrational "monster chicken nightmares"...lol, they still tease me about that...

I understand. I also don't find every chicken breed pretty, but then I see one picture that just makes me fell in love with it. But there is only one breed that will always be in my yard and that would be turkens.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Yes, very true. I used to think of NNs as more scraggly, but many on this thread are actually very sleek and beautiful. At what age do you usually slaughter them? A few months? Or do they take longer?

 

[Kassaundra]

Do you keep your nakeds for easier dressing, as meat birds, or as pets? Are they their own breed or another breed that is simply featherless?

My ultimate goal is for easier meat. That being said no one will ever eat Rudy. I can see a good marketing idea as pets and they would make excellent pets. They are not a breed, but a genetic makeup, like some genes make a specific color or pattern of feathers

 

[ChuskaMtns]

it seems that only I chose NNs for their looks! I simply love them.

No, you're not alone! I happen to adore the way they look and NN chicks are just the cutest!

 

[kherokee]

Joining the thread with my Turken cockerel! Honestly this pintsized beauty is such a sweet little bean. My silkie cockerel grew big enough to attack me, which he does and I have to put him in his place, but this little boy couldn't hurt a fly. He was seperated from his lifelong mate because his crowing was disruptive, so I took him in & he is so much sweeter then my silkie & he really gets doubletakes from visitors

 

[DesertChic]

Joining the thread with my Turken cockerel! Honestly this pintsized beauty is such a sweet little bean. My silkie cockerel grew big enough to attack me, which he does and I have to put him in his place, but this little boy couldn't hurt a fly. He was seperated from his lifelong mate because his crowing was disruptive, so I took him in & he is so much sweeter then my silkie & he really gets doubletakes from visitors

Welcome! What a handsome boy you have!

I've had my share of Silkie roosters and every single one of them has been nasty. I already culled two of them who routinely attacked my husband as soon as he set a foot outside, and I've got another one alone in a pen right now awaiting butchering day. He's so small and scrawny he hardly even seems worth the effort it will take to pluck all those furry feathers, but I know I'll still do it if only to make soup out of him.

NN roosters really are wonderful. My favorite boy, Heisenberg, has always love to sit on my lap to be pet and will often fall asleep there while his flock dust bathes around my feet. Very smart, loving boys. That's not to say I haven't had some less desirable ones, but I can honestly say that I've had more good than bad NN boys....and the bad ones were simply delicious so I still loved them in the end.

 

[chickengr]

My ultimate goal is for easier meat. That being said no one will ever eat Rudy. I can see a good marketing idea as pets and they would make excellent pets. They are not a breed, but a genetic makeup, like some genes make a specific color or pattern of feathers

I am not impressed by scaleless chickens but your Rudy is really special!

 

[chickengr]

Joining the thread with my Turken cockerel! Honestly this pintsized beauty is such a sweet little bean. My silkie cockerel grew big enough to attack me, which he does and I have to put him in his place, but this little boy couldn't hurt a fly. He was seperated from his lifelong mate because his crowing was disruptive, so I took him in & he is so much sweeter then my silkie & he really gets doubletakes from visitors

welcome!

he is adorable!

 

[kherokee]

Welcome! What a handsome boy you have!

I've had my share of Silkie roosters and every single one of them has been nasty. I already culled two of them who routinely attacked my husband as soon as he set a foot outside, and I've got another one alone in a pen right now awaiting butchering day. He's so small and scrawny he hardly even seems worth the effort it will take to pluck all those furry feathers, but I know I'll still do it if only to make soup out of him.

NN roosters really are wonderful. My favorite boy, Heisenberg, has always love to sit on my lap to be pet and will often fall asleep there while his flock dust bathes around my feet. Very smart, loving boys. That's not to say I haven't had some less desirable ones, but I can honestly say that I've had more good than bad NN boys....and the bad ones were simply delicious so I still loved them in the end.

Thank you for the welcome! I'm honestly surprised sometimes with how popular silkies are. I do love that fluff but they're a pain! I always wondered if I raised them wrong since my NN roo is so sweet. Heisenberg sounds so cute oh my gosh! What a little baby

If you're an attacker the stew pot is always open but that sounds like a nice, loving life up to the end - and loved afterwards!