Naked Neck/Turken Thread

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catsew You hen is very pretty. I like the first picture with the green lawn and trees for contrast. Did you take her to a park ? It looks that way.

Muscovie Lover Well what is it ? The head reminds me of a pigeon and a turkey at the same time. The body looks like a huge duck but maybe it is a goose ?

 

[RingedTeal]

Flower it is a Romanian Naked Neck Tumbler Pigeon

 

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Now that I look again, I do see a pigeon, but an unusual one. Are the same size as the common pigeon. I like it because it is unusual. But where did it come from and why do you have this unusual bird?

 

[RingedTeal]

I don't have them

I am hunting a breeder for them so I can get them.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

See if this link works:
Naked Neck Pigeons

 

[RingedTeal]

Thank you Dipsy

 

[drumstick diva]

That's what I love about BYC you learn something new everyday - had no idea there were naked neck pidgeons. How neat

 

[drumstick diva]

John jr. is beautiful - looks like she is wearing leg warmers

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

And Naked Neck Ducks:

Cou-Nu (Naked Neck)
This breed arose as the result of a mutation which occured in Pierre Delambre's poultry farm in Clamart. It was then selected by Jean-Claude Périquet of Gincrey in the Meuse. Here is what Pierre Delambre wrote : "In 1992 in a brood of Colverts, I was surprised to find 3 ducklings which differed from the rest. Indeed, these appeared to express a gene uncommon in palmipeds, given that it was the "naked neck" factor. The ducklings grew with no problem and I found myself at the head of a beautiful trio of naked-neck ducks which included a female with isabelle (light tan) livery..." The following year, Mr. Delambre tried to breed these but in vain : "I tried everything, moved them to different pens and changed their feed several times to no avail ". He then entrusted the ducks to Jean-Claude Périquet said : "I left the animals together, but the resulting eggs weren't fertile, I then placed the naked-neck females with a male Colvert and the naked-neck male with female Colverts. The ducklings that resulted were all normal Colverts, there wasn't a single naked-neck, this led me to suppose that the naked-neck gene was recessive. It is from these first generation ducks that I got my first naked-neck ducks. In 1998 my breeding stock consisted of 8 males and 7 females which produced offspring".
A draft for the naked-neck duck was set out by Jean-Claude Périquet and 4 subjects (in accordance with regulations in the matter) were presented for the first time at the Metz international exhibition in November 1997 for ratification purposes. This breed presents many characteristics which among ducks are unique : partially bare neck, head and abdominal areas, no scales on tarsus and fingers, atrophy of the large wing feathers and rump. The male weighs around 1.2 kg and the female 1.1 kg ; the eggs of 50 to 60 g have a greenish shell, the Whitish shell being a extremely rare.
Anecdote
The Naked-neck ducklings had to be reared apart from others since they seemed a bit delicate. Yet they did not appear to suffer from cold having endured a temperature of -22.5 °C under shelter in Gincrey (Meuse),on the morning of January 1st 1997 (it was a low record in France) !

 

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