Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[NewToFarming]

Hope I'm not jumping...?

Not a bad guess, actually. I forget what exactly salmon genetics are.. silver on wheaten and??? Mensa is silver on probably wheaten plus Co (columbian) and probably some gold melanizer genes.

If melanizers were absent, she would be very white in the white areas.

The Co gene tries to restrict the black pigments to the neck, tail and primaries, but it's not rare for black to show elsewhere on body especially if the bird is not pure for Co.

Salmon does not have Co, that is why salmon roosters aren't solid colored on their bodies and have duckwings. The hens can seem to be but it's because they are wheaten which naturally makes the bodies much lighter on hens plus the silver lightens them up a little bit.

Here is a picture of my salmon turken project boy. The boys are getting there but the girls have been a bit harder for me. This is Sargent with his dad Lenny.

 

[draye]

Here is a picture of my salmon turken project boy. The boys are getting there but the girls have been a bit harder for me. This is Sargent with his dad Lenny.

Pretty boys!

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

I am back online and everyone survived the long move! I still need a better setup here but managing with what we have now. My chickens got to see their first snow the other day.! Most were not happy campers! LOL I will have to try to get some pictures this weekend.

Glad to see you back online and great to hear you and your flock had a safe trip.The eggs that your hens laid the saturday that we met are due to hatch this weekend.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Here is a picture of my salmon turken project boy. The boys are getting there but the girls have been a bit harder for me. This is Sargent with his dad Lenny.

I am hoping that some of those naked neck chicks that I have from you will look like this naked neck rooster.

 

[NewToFarming]

Glad to see you back online and great to hear you and your flock had a safe trip.The eggs that your hens laid the saturday that we met are due to hatch this weekend.

Thanks! You will have to post pictures of them!

I am hoping that some of those naked neck chicks that I have from you will look like this naked neck rooster.

Gretchen is the Mom to this boy. You will have to post pictures as they get older. I hope you get one or two also!

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Thanks! You will have to post pictures of them!
Gretchen is the Mom to this boy. You will have to post pictures as they get older. I hope you get one or two also!

Did you see this pic?

 

[NewToFarming]

No I didn't! That is such an adorable picture! Your daughter is gorgeous and loves her chickens! It looks like Pennie was behaving for her. LOL Did Pennie go broody again yet? She has been been trying but has not successfully hatched any chicks yet.

Did you see this pic?

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

No I didn't! That is such an adorable picture! Your daughter is gorgeous and loves her chickens! It looks like Pennie was behaving for her. LOL Did Pennie go broody again yet? She has been been trying but has not successfully hatched any chicks yet.

Thanks she loves to go visit the chickens.They (Pennie and Gretchen were laying,but no eggs in 2 days)I was hoping that she would go broody.Will be incubating the eggs that I collected from them.

 

[NewToFarming]

Thanks she loves to go visit the chickens.They (Pennie and Gretchen were laying,but no eggs in 2 days)I was hoping that she would go broody.Will be incubating the eggs that I collected from them.

You are going to have a bunch of little NN's! Gretchen goes broody at the drop of a hat. LOL

 

[flower]

Hello NTF and GeoBoy youse guys have a club. How neat to be able to share and trade birds ! The days here are very short. Can't wait until December 20th when they slowly lengthen. The only birds in my flock that are laying eggs are the NNs. I am just starting to give them fermented feed to see what happens in the springtime.