Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[gootziecat]

I''m sorry, Lisa. Each one is important in their own way.

 

[aoxa]

New to this breed. I just picked up 10 naked neck chicks from a breeder last Wednesday. They are now 1 week + 1 day old. A few of them have naked bottoms/underbellies. I asked the breeder about it just recently and he said:

You'd asked about NNs with bald backs. Yup... is normal. They are likely Homozygous.... my favs.

I did ask him if it lasts, but I was using google to see if I could find anything about this. I couldn't.. Was wondering if they will grow feathers in that area?

This is the only picture I have and you can see it if you look closely. They have strips of skin going down their sides - kind of like a chipmunk pattern, but instead of dark colour, it's nudity. And the bottom is nearly bare. Hard to explain. I'll have to take a better picture when I get home.

 

[dinahmoe]

She's got a cute bow tie way up high! That'll be fun to see when she's feathered out. Cute little face!

Bowtie?is that the 2 little tuffs of feathers on either side of the neck?
i like how you said she

 

[aoxa]

Barred

Anyone know what colour this chick will be?

 

[pgpoultry]

Aoxa, Naked Necks do have a featherless strip along the sides of their bodies which will persist into adult life. So Naked Neck doesn't really cover the feather depletion that they have.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Here is an illustration of the 'feather reduction'.

 

[aoxa]

Here is an illustration of the 'feather reduction'.

That is very helpful! Thank you very much

Got a response from the breeder anyway. He said it's not really noticeable unless you handle them.

 

[Kev]

Lisa! You're a treasure trove of digital information on NN! That NN seems to be not pure judging from the bowtie size. Sorry about your hen. Had a 20 yr old Fm roo, blind in one eye when he got in fight with a really sharp spurred Araucana roo when he was just one year old. His remaining eye was fine until it was obvious his vision slowly declined in the last few years until he was totally blind. He didn't do so good at being totally blind either & died earlier this year.

That is very helpful! Thank you very much

Got a response from the breeder anyway. He said it's not really noticeable unless you handle them.

Yep my experience also. The naked areas don't seem to change at all in their lifetime, but most NN grow long loose feathers which cover a lot of the naked areas on the body. One of the things I like to do with visitors is to pick up birds like these and part the feathers, it amazes people just how naked they are. It's fun trying to get people to touch their necks too...

 

[Kev]

Aoxa, Naked Necks do have a featherless strip along the sides of their bodies which will persist into adult life. So Naked Neck doesn't really cover the feather depletion that they have.

Yep. Not sure if you knew this- the cause of naked neck is an arrest in feather tract growth/spread in the embryo. The feather tracts start in specific tracts on the body and gradually spread out over the skin to meet up with other feather tracts to form a mostly even covering. Naked neck stops this growth early on, preventing these tracts from spreading out 'fully'. So the result is you see where the tracts start out first and also where the parts of body are last to be covered. Quite interesting 'anatomy lesson' I think...

 

[Kev]

Bowtie?is that the 2 little tuffs of feathers on either side of the neck?
i like how you said she

That's a cutie for sure. The bowtie size(yes the little fluffs) indicates she is pure for the naked neck gene.. Is that the brooder she's on? Looks like an awesome set up if so.