Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Fire Ant Farm]

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(As if I thought someone on BYC would tell me not to!!!!

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[Cynthia12]

(As if I thought someone on BYC would tell me not to!!!!

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[bramblefir]

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Hope I'm wrong, but Tank declared himself as a boy VERY early, and it seems his sons are taking after him. One started crowing at day 6 (granted, he got the idea from a Marans-Ameraucana cross who crowed at ~3 days). There's one little one. Now I'm realizing the reason there's a little one is NOT because it's a runt, but because I think she's the only little girl. Good heavens, they have some seriously beefy legs, and I swear at 9 days their combs are already starting to get a bit bigger and one is starting to pink up a bit. BTW (please forgive the non NN digression) - I worked on the new paddock for the Eggplant coop today, so after a week of being introduced to Monkey and being locked in, they get to come back out again, probably tomorrow. And those little Cream Legbars (previously unnamed, now to be referred to as the Three Witches after the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth) - well two finally started laying again today. Sooooooo.... @Kev - What happens feather-color-genetics-wise when you cross a splash copper marans with a cream legbar? After all, the incubators are already fired up, the big brooders are already built, and MY BOYS NEED PULLETS!!!!! I'll already have what looks like one OE pullet from Goodwin x Blue Copper Marans hen (the others look like boys, OF COURSE). Then I'll have an unknown number of OE F2 pullets from Goodwin x Arbequina (my OE from Luanne). The Monkey x CLs could be a third genetic mix for OE. And all so interesting color and pattern-wise!!!!! Earl says, "Where are my pullets?" - Ant Farm

Splash Copper x CCL will yield sexlinks. Males will be blue barred and females will be blue. Both will have various amounts of red/gold on them. They'll likely have a little leg feathering and could also have a small crest if your CCL are crested.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Oooooooh! That sounds cool!!!! I sat and watched them for a while today after finishing their new paddock and letting them out. The CL Witch Girls LOVE Monkey, like to be near him at all times, and are SOOOOO patient with his clumsy mating (he can't keep his balance, so they sit still and wait - and when done, he usually falls off the front and onto his face. Graceful, no. Effective, yes.) And the Witches are laying again. So maybe I'll incubate some!!!!

Thanks!!!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[bramblefir]

Oooooooh! That sounds cool!!!! I sat and watched them for a while today after finishing their new paddock and letting them out. The CL Witch Girls LOVE Monkey, like to be near him at all times, and are SOOOOO patient with his clumsy mating (he can't keep his balance, so they sit still and wait - and when done, he usually falls off the front and onto his face. Graceful, no. Effective, yes.) And the Witches are laying again. So maybe I'll incubate some!!!!

Thanks!!!!!

- Ant Farm

You're welcome! You should see the boys in my main flock. One is my daughter's Blue Cuckoo English Orp ("Lavender") and the other is her Blue Mille Fleur OEGB ("Max"). When Max tries to breed the really big girls (Cochin, English Orp, Langshan) they walk off with him on their back like a racehorse and jockey. When Lavender tries to breed the bantam girls he gets confused because they're only big enough to hold one of his feet. Between the two of them though everyone gets covered!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Yeah, Monkey is having that one foot problem. (Snape has figured it out - there are a couple of the smaller NN girls that he just mates with only one foot on their back.)

 

[DesertChic]

You're welcome! You should see the boys in my main flock. One is my daughter's Blue Cuckoo English Orp ("Lavender") and the other is her Blue Mille Fleur OEGB ("Max"). When Max tries to breed the really big girls (Cochin, English Orp, Langshan) they walk off with him on their back like a racehorse and jockey. When Lavender tries to breed the bantam girls he gets confused because they're only big enough to hold one of his feet. Between the two of them though everyone gets covered!

I used to have two Silkie roosters that loved to breed my large fowl birds. One would hold the hen's head down and the other would mount and try to seal the deal. I give them credit for their teamwork effort, but I'm not sure they ever actually achieved their goal.

 

[chickengr]

Oooooooh! That sounds cool!!!! I sat and watched them for a while today after finishing their new paddock and letting them out. The CL Witch Girls LOVE Monkey, like to be near him at all times, and are SOOOOO patient with his clumsy mating (he can't keep his balance, so they sit still and wait - and when done, he usually falls off the front and onto his face. Graceful, no. Effective, yes.) And the Witches are laying again. So maybe I'll incubate some!!!!

Thanks!!!!!

- Ant Farm

sounds like my marco (black copper marans)

 

[chickengr]

I used to have two Silkie roosters that loved to breed my large fowl birds. One would hold the hen's head down and the other would mount and try to seal the deal. I give them credit for their teamwork effort, but I'm not sure they ever actually achieved their goal.

 

[draye]

The deed has been done now..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I put exactly 100 eggs in the incubator.