Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[DesertChic]

My naked neck chicks 1 roo and 2 hens

Very nice! That top one looks mighty fluffy.

 

[Bluechick2u]

When I ship, and I've shipped all the way to Maine with zero breakage and a 70-80% hatch rate, I wrap each egg in a strip of paper towel and then place the egg point down in an egg carton. Once the carton is full I wrap it in aluminum foil, and depending upon the size of the box, bubble wrap. I use the aluminum foil to help counteract an potential ill effects of X-rays and to add an extra layer of temperature stabilization. The cartons are nestled in various types of packing material, depending upon weather conditions, size of shipment, etc. When I shipped to Maine I pulled out all the stops and used bubble wrap, crumpled newspaper, shredded paper and even pine bedding. 

I have a trick I used for shipping breakables in a priority box: make a long shallow triangle on top of the interior box, so that the flaps of extreior box will not quite meet, but form a peak. It stops them from putting any box on top of it, it will always be the top box because of the peak. It has worked on 3 different shipments of breakable glass. If they're in a hurry they won't read a fragile label but they can see the box isn't flat on top.

 

[draye]

My naked neck chicks 1 roo and 2 hens

Nice looking trio.

Oh, no - not again!!!!! Those dogs have to go, one way or another (aren't they your kid's dogs or something?)

How frustrating and sad. 

- Ant Farm 

They've been taken care of now. Yes they were my sons dogs.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Very nice! That top one looks mighty fluffy. 

Im gonna use the blue roo for my fun little project the two pullets im selling

 

[cactusrota]

I am about to put a sock tunic on him, but they get so dramatic when I put clothes on them

Haha!! I imagine! You should get video if you do.

 

[igorsMistress]

Well since the massacre if my black/whites I decided I needed to set more eggs. Not sure I got many if any if the eggs from that run. Just hoping I did.

So since I lost 10 hens and a rooster. I set 55 eggs. I know this will make the 10 ( chicken math you know). # 55 fir the rooster replacement. The other 54 about 5 or six probably won't hatch, that leaves approx, 48. Out of those 48 3/4 will be roosters so that leaves me with only about 12 being pullets and figure in a possible mishap in figures that will leave me with ten pullets.

Someone check my math on thus but I really think I'm right in it.


R.I.P. Blackie and sister wives.

A couple of the girls.

I'm so sorry you lost your birds. They were just beautiful.

 

[draye]

I'm so sorry you lost your birds. They were just beautiful.

Thank you.

 

[draye]

@Kev

Here's that hen I've been calling Silver Partridge:

What do you think?

 

[Kassaundra]

@Kev

Here's that hen I've been calling Silver Partridge:

What do you think?

Not Kev, but I thought partridge has a more defined feather pattern almost like a double lace?

 

[draye]

Not Kev, but I thought partridge has a more defined feather pattern almost like a double lace?

I don't know. They also say this is a Partridge color:

***Not my chicken.... picked off the internet.