Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[queenchick16]

Awesome-looking girls!

Good morning What are you doing up so early? A lot like me . I'm always up super early.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

I'm always up early --- unless I sleep late.

 

[Nava]

LowclassCC I really like those chicks, keep us posted with some pics as they grow older.

Flower I would really like to see a pic of that brownish looking pullet, the rest look the flock look great, did you get any cockerels?

 

[flower]

thanks for the lovely comments but they belong to Nava !

Nava, yes I did get a cockerel, a black one but I gave him and his black sister to a friend. As usual I have more males than I can support. I will try to get a close up of the brown bird for you sometime later.

 

[Kev]

first, take care of yourself and heres hoping for a quick recovery!

Thanks Queenchick16.....I've taken your advice and covered the incision it with a large sterile dressing as it was uncovered (though under clothing). With chickens, sheep, dogs, cats etc....who knows what could grow in there! Though pre-op MRSA swabs were negative
at least.

Ive seen the first two chicks and they seem to have feathered necks....

I've also done a bit of Google research which maybe Kev or other genetic guru could confirm. The article I read on the V comb said that it was multi allelic and would show incomplete dominance when crossed with a single combed bird.From this I understand that offspring with a V comb would be most likely. No mention was made as to what would be the outcome if the father had a pea comb (or the exuberant walnut-type comb that Arian has).

With regards to the black coloration (BB) I again understand that black is dominant and when crossed with a white bird (bb) would give a 'blue' bird....don't know why grey is referred to as blue in the chicken world.

So....I'm guessing that the first two with feathered necks are not Melvin's as he's pure NN with no neck feathers....which only leaves 5 other potential fathers. Arian is probably half bantam and has 5 toes on one foot....so his offspring may be apparent. Gordon sand Twp (Blue Partridge Brahma) are joint alpha....but Twp has Brahma quality leg feathers whilst Twp (who is Gordon's father) has cross-breed type leg feathers. Both chicks appear to have naked legs.

Now I'm sure to have confused everyone (myself included).

Oh and I think Jupiter is AMAZING.

forgive bare bones formatting here and poor grammar- at sister's (nephews birthday, just turned 13...... where did those years go?!) and still trying to take care of the wrists and arm. the two most common 'types'(E and birchen) are dominant over other colors but 'leakiness' is very common in black- non black crosses. the black x white= 'blue' really is the blue gene itself... that really describes a black bred to a *splash*. some science texts oversimplify things for the lay public. normal black bred to normal white= all black. unless, the white happens to be dominant white(pretty much all white leghorns) then all chicks will be white, many with little black spots on down. as for the parentage guesses, dont have much to add- you've covered many of the bases spot on. extra toe is dominant with variable expression in crosses so any chick with abnormal toe count or toes are likely arian's. any blue chicks would be gordons. but normal legs/toes would not rule out arian and gordon as they are 'not pure' for xtra toes and leg feathering- they can throw smooths and normal toes. comb- yes expect the combs to look 'different'. yes V with pea would be real interesting to see.

 

[Kev]

chicken math struck again.

started out saying "all i want is 2". so what did i do? i went out and came home with 2 silkies and 2 showgirls. ok fine. but then i thought "we need a couple hens that will lay large eggs." so i decided to go pick up 2 turken chicks about an hour drive north of home. yet for some reason i bought 5. i guess that's what happens if you went to a kentucky school like i did.

laughed at school reference. think the first chick is a silver based white, supposed to give a cleaner white, with less yellowing. at leastr thats what people say. great find, not too easy to find white NN. last one looks like a silver partridge, will be pretty. congrats on new pretties for the yard!

 

[Kev]

The brown looking pullet is a poorly laced blue laced red but I think she is the least pretty of all but Hector the blue laced red will fix that in any off springs.</p>

hector's a nice name. glad you are going to breed blr NN as I gave up all of my blr NN and blr wyandottes a month ago, except still have a very nice blrw rooster here(he is from Hoppy.... huge roo with great personality, very nice lacing on body.... anybody local let me know if interested, asap. I can't keep him either). bummed about that but felt I had to.

 

[homeschoolchick]

FLOWER and ( NAVA) - Beautiful chicks!!!!! Love them all!

 

[homeschoolchick]

DDD- I sent you a PM

 

[queenchick16]

Just went outside to close up the girls and my white NN and black rumpless one -Beaky were still not in .Yes this is unusual .Beaky was staring into the fenced off area of my vegetable garden making very strange noises. Charlotte the white one was just staring at her. Took me a few minutes to get her to stop and come away from there. Finally realized it was a little bunny she was making all the weird noises at.Now only if the rabbit was scared of her. She is a little runt and gets no respect not even from them.