Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[froggiesheins]

I LOVE everyone's birds! They're gorgeous! I have one that I've entered in the fair, but I'm starting to wonder if it's a cockerel, not a pullet. There are 2 the same age, and this one is a LOT bigger than the other. The only difference I've noticed is that this one has a single large wattle, while the other has 2 smaller wattles. What does everyone think?

Well isn't this an interesting NN. I am guessing roo because of all the red on his face in general. How old is he/she? p.s. Gotta remember, I have no idea what I am doing

 

[Kassaundra]

I was waiting to see if someone w/ more experience then me would post an opinion on gender. I really don't know, the comb and dewlap (what I think a single wattle is called) look male, but those head feathers are pretty rounded and say female to me.

 

[Nava]

I was waiting to see if someone w/ more experience then me would post an opinion on gender.  I really don't know, the comb and dewlap (what I think a single wattle is called) look male, but those head feathers are pretty rounded and say female to me.

Yea, you got to remember its a frizzle too, I've never owned one either, so I'm clueless too.
Sorry.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Well isn't this an interesting NN. I am guessing roo because of all the red on his face in general. How old is he/she?

p.s. Gotta remember, I have no idea what I am doing

That is one cool looking naked neck.Looks like a hen to me.

 

[ShayBaby]

Here's my newest NN babies. (6 buff? 1 white) Almost 2 weeks old.
Sorry for the bad quality (iPod camera) and lighting (still in an in-house brooder so artificial lighting). Two bearded. Supposedly green egg layers. I have no clue what these little guys will look like full grown!
(Heavy wing barring: )

(Runt: )

(Love the wing color on this guy: )

(White: )

 

[froggiesheins]

That is one cool looking naked neck.Looks like a hen to me. 

YUP, just proves I gots NO idea what I'm doing.. but guessings fun.....

 

[aoxa]

Here is my favorite F1 frizzle polish X naked neck cross.I also have posted pics of the parents.​

Favourite. Naked Neck. Of. All. Time.

 

[Kev]

Question regarding silver color gene, am i correct in thinking that silver is only seen in a a bird which has a pattern. That is a solid colored bird would not be silver ?

It's not a pattern, it's a gene that stops red/gold pigments from being produced. It does nothing to patterns by itself.

ALL chickens are either gold or silver (or can be both in case of roosters. Hens can only be either gold or silver). Even solid colored chickens are gold or silver. A solid white or solid black are gold or silver even if you can't tell which one they are by looking at them. But often, clean crisp white are silver as it helps remove any remaining brown/gold pigments but a solid crisp gold white is possible with selection, though.

 

[Kev]

I agree, very interesting bird! Lisa (Dipsy Doodle Doo) is the expert on frizzled NN she should be able to help with sexing?

Guessed male at first, due to amount of redness and thickness on face but then struggled to see any of the skinnier and pointy tipped roo feathers.. all the feathers are broad with rounded tips of a pullet. Also the neck is not red like the face.. usually the neck on cockerels shows a lot of red by the time the faces are intensely red like this. Could be pullet close to laying?

Yeah that's a dewlap- a fold of skin in middle of chin/upper neck just like on turkeys. Her wattles are extremely reduced, just barely can see them as slight wrinkles/folds on rear part of beak. That's evidence she has the pea comb gene. But her comb is extremely interesting! My guess is she also has rose making it a very unusual looking walnut comb which is genetically a rose + pea. I suspect somehow her crest or a gene called duplex comb is also expanding the comb area to a larger size.

I LOVE everyone's birds! They're gorgeous! I have one that I've entered in the fair, but I'm starting to wonder if it's a cockerel, not a pullet. There are 2 the same age, and this one is a LOT bigger than the other. The only difference I've noticed is that this one has a single large wattle, while the other has 2 smaller wattles. What does everyone think?

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Favourite. Naked Neck. Of. All. Time.

Thanks,glad you like her.