Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kev]

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How nice! Have something similar here- there's a cross cockerel I'd really like to cull/give away/sell(honestly would have been gone months ago).. but my little nephew loves him and it seems to like him despite nephew chasing and catching him many times- follows him around like a puppydog(he doesn't do that for anybody else, not even me)..... sigh...

Anyways, if you know the parents, especially if one of them had yellow legs, you still could breed him over the pullets and keep yellow legged chicks with small or no bowties to rear as "proper" naked necks.

 

[ca]

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Maybe you should chase him too and then he'll follow you...

 

[Davlyn]

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Maybe you should chase him too and then he'll follow you...

Priceless

 

[oliviad51]

ok guys...need some help. I really want some Turkens/Naked Necks. I don't have any right now but I want to know if they will do well where I live. I live in North Carolina and we are lucky if we get snow twice a year. It hardly ever snows. It doesn't get too hot either. On the hottest summer days its about 95-100, but thats rare. Usually it stays in the high 80s, low 90s all summer. Any thoughts?

Also, will you give me the positives and negatives about raising Naked Necks? I have a few questions as well if you don't mind answering them.

-Are they good egg layers?
-What is their behavior like?
-Are they pretty hardy?
-Are they at all rare?
- Do they lay big eggs?
-Are they easy to hatch/anything different from other breeds?
Thanks in advance..I know I have a lot of questions, but I want to know for sure before I get any

 

[Nava]

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[oliviad51]

Thanks After looking through this thread, I want some really bad. They look like really cool birds. Besides, my incubator is empty right now and I'm dying to get some eggs in there!

 

[pgpoultry]

My biggest NN chick Mort (17 weeks old) has graduated from 'cheep, cheep' to adult sounds in the last week and gave out a pretty good version of the 'egg song' when startled yesterday.

Mort has a lot of greenish tinged feathers on the back (saddle area) but is otherwise matt black and has a few longer shiny feathers starting to cascade down the sides of the tail. I have looked everywhere to try to find pictures of pullets and cockerels of about this age on line, but have failed miserably.

I'm still hoping pullet (but won't have an issue if cockerel... I'd keep him happily), but don't have a shred of experience of this breed and wonder if this still suggests pullet. I'm very happy to take a picture, but it's so dark and gloomy here at present, that making out detail is difficult).

 

[NewToFarming]

I took some updated pics of my chckens and thought I would post one of my NN's. They are getting so big. She is 19 weeks now.

 

[pgpoultry]

Hi, I posted (2 posts back) about Mort. I am planning to buy a boyfriend for the trio at the weekend, and want to get it right

Mort. is on the left.

Mort.'s back.

I'm waiting for pictures of prospective mates with the offer of brown or white. Which would be best? (The little speckly turned out to be a bantam....a bit little for my ladies)

Many thanks.

 

[Kev]

Looks like Mort is a boy. Part the feathers on his back, especially near the tail to see new feathers coming up, if Mort is a boy, they should be be pointy and shiny. Some of the visible saddle feathers are showing a tendency to narrow but those grew when he was younger, so those didn't come out super pointy and shiny... the next set coming up should be more roosterly-like. The other two are pullets, no mistake about it.

If you would like to keep the color even like on these three, don't breed to a brown. Black x brown very usually produces black chicks that grow up to be black with "off color"(either white or brown/tan/red) around the hackles(err.. on the cap, in case of naked necks), wing bow and saddles on roos, on the hackle and breast on hens. It is not particularly easy to breed back to an even color.. do- able yes but does require hatching and raising a fair number for culling. If color is not a concern then of course go for whatever you like.

White is not really a color, rather it masks whatever colors the bird has. Also two versions of white, one dominant, one recessive. As a result answers for those questions about crossing with whites usually are impossible to give an easy answer to... if the whites are recessive and based on brown, it would be no different from a black x brown cross. If they are recessive and based on black, then all chicks would be black.. Etc. And if dominant white, expect all white chicks... maybe! Best to ask what whites were out of or what color they are possibly based on. If the whites were out of solid blacks, this would be a better choice, purely based on color of the potential offspring.

If color is no importance at all, just go for what tickles your fancy- personality, handsome looks, or type.. bigger/heavier or??