Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[diornisextant]

Flower ,
She is gorgeous ! I love the wild type hens with the penciling like that . I have a glossy black and green with gold penciling on her hackle and a face very much like this hen . She does look like she has Serama in her. You're very lucky .

Where in the NE did you live . I grew up in north central NY . Wish I'd had chickens then. I remember one white leghorn that kicked a plastic garbage bin to shreds but never got friendly with him. I think he got mean having to defend his hens from the ST. Bernard.

Was the breeder in TN a BYB or a show or a commercial hatchery. sounds like they are cold hardy enough for here . Multiple colors is good as well and if they are Serama bred I'm all over it . Serama are not color standardized if i am up to date so it makes sense if that was the breeders goal . I would prefer a showgirl for the end product of the breed I am working on but I will be trying both the the silkie and the frizzle to see which produces the desired affect but i wouldn't pass up a chance to obtain eggs either . I would prefer a BY farmer rather than a commercial so that I have reasonable assurance of what I am actually getting in the eggs. As much as I like standards i just don't have the room.[
Thanks for the info
I'll post pics if i ever figure out how.

 

[Kev]

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Pretty ladies! Sorry, was talking about my roo re: color of black bones(if I find a pic of him, will show it). Your Bruisie definitely is a girl.

 

[Kev]

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Jamie, winters in my place very rarely go below 33 but normal night temps are in low 40/mid30s. They are fine with that, even the smallest bantams(and have bred some truly small/lightweights in the past). But maybe some of the negative responses could be due to differing definitions of "cold". 50 is very cold to me, but not to someone in the Midwest... It may also depend on the turken as a lot of hobbyist bred turkens are crossbred. I could imagine a naked necked bird with short hard feathers may not have great cold tolerance... likewise a naked necked Serama probably would have about the same cold tolerance as pure Seramas. I understand that some of them don't have great cold tolerance due to being so small(makes it harder for them to retain body heat).

I've seen at least two naked necked Seramas on this forum. Try searching 'naked serama' or 'turken serama' to find these?

p.s. you have to make 10 posts before being able to post pictures..

 

[jelly713]

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Thumbs up from Texas!

 

[zozobraswife]

At the Crossroads Show, 4 Large Fowl Red NNs were shown by 2 exhibitors. One Malgache (Madagascar Game) was shown by another exhibitor. So, the final total was 49 birds by 7 exhibitors!!! We actually had a meeting were we discussed getting the club back up and running. Eight people showed up for the meeting. Each person knew of a couple others that might be interested.

The club now has a new email account:

[email protected]

I'll try to get a website up in a few days. If you'd like to be in on the preliminary newsletter which will announce the reformed club, email your name, address, phone number, email address and a list of the type of naked necks you are interested in. The first newsletter will be free. Everyone agreed to take a liberal and open approach to the club. We'll welcome show breeders, pet breeders, conservation breeders, showgirl breeders, genetics project breeders or anyone else who likes naked necks. One gal even has a naked neck Peking duck!

 

[gootziecat]

Can we get information on the NN exhibitors? I'm glad to see interest in a revival of the turken club.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

She's a beauty flower. BTW, is there a jury out on your Marans?

 

[Kev]

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Yes, yes yes!

The last part is wonderful news to me, especially as I wondered about inclusion of project breeders, different breeds, etc privately to someone. I think(hope) that will attract and hold a larger membership.

One gal even has a naked neck Peking duck!

I swore off waterfowl forever, but.............. it's a natural naked neck, not some kind of joke? If it's natural, sure hope she's breeding that duck! Do you know if it has the same kind of naked pattern as the Cou nu ducks?​

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

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That's great to hear!

 

[gootziecat]

Pix of my girls at 18 wks.