Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[1TurkenLover]

1 Roo to @ least every 8 -10 hens. the more hens the healthier overall of flock.

LoL, let me tell you my story : at the start of Summer we chose 8 Pullets from a known breeder. 6 were guaranteed to be Girls.. . 4 months later 5 are Roos only 1 is a Pullet.

now I have to deal with 5 Roos. and starting over looking for layers.

 

[hellbender]

theuglyduckling, assuming you are addressing me, I'm the last person to be able to answer that question. I have lots of birds

and the adults and yearlings range together, roosters and all, except during hatching season (for me) when I select as many

as six cocks...one for each station. Each station is fenced and will easily accommodate 15 to 20 hens for for three or four weeks

before I start collecting eggs to brood.

Otherwise, all of my mature stock and yearlings range together. The cocks sort out their pecking order without much problem.

In your situation, especially if the birds are confined, I suspect there would be hell to pay! There are a lot of 'if's'. If you cocks

are especially young and aggressive, one or more could be hurt badly or killed. My adults put the youngsters in their place

and that is usually the end of it. If I have a cock that is too 'game' and won't accept the pecking order, he goes to soup.

That's the best I can do...There must be others here with only a few birds who could be far more helpful...sorry!!

RON

 

[Vamvakas]

hellbender

Do you raise solid color NN or mixed color NN?

 

[hellbender]

Both...luck of the draw.

 

[flower]

Here is a GEOGRAPHY lesson. The Appalachian Mountain Range goes from NY through to Mexico and is the oldest range in the US. When the term Appalachia is spoken it usually refers to a cultural area within the central portion of the mountains. The Rocky Mountain is still growing while the Appalachain is going in the other direction although very slowly.

Young cockerels are a bonus so to speak because they are easier to process than hens. For anyone who is new to chicken raising, I suggest that you could learn to enjoy tasty home grown chicken instead of the chemically adulterated store bought chickens. Get to know what Yummy food is !

 

[ShayBaby]

Young cockerels are a bonus so to speak because they are easier to process than hens. For anyone who is new to chicken raising, I suggest that you could learn to enjoy tasty home grown chicken instead of the chemically adulterated store bought chickens.  Get to know what Yummy food is !

I toy with the idea of raising meat birds (or using my many excess roos..) everyday, but everyday realize, even though it should provide peace of mind knowing the chickens were raised happily, I cannot bring myself to kill one. I get to thinking "I can do this!" and then think harder about it and realize " Nope, I can't." I could handle the plucking and dressing easily..it's the thought of ending a life, painfully at that, that makes me sick to my stomach. The one time I found a severely injured silkie, my father was visiting coincidentally (he was raised on a farm - the same farm I live on now actually - and often slaughtered chickens) and I had to have him take it out of my sight to end it's suffering. I respect (and even envy a bit) those of you who can do it, but I'll never be able to do it.

 

[hellbender]

Here's a lesson in orthography. There's a marked difference between geography and geology.

Sheepskin to sheepskin some day or we can call it a draw and let it go. The latter would be my choice.

 

[PsycoPeep]

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Oh my goodness! I'm just now seeing this right now for the first time! Yipes! So sorry! I guess I thought you would've PM'd me instead and I just haven't had time to be on here much. How old did you say they are? Are they laying yet? What colors do you think they are? I guess it doesn't really matter. Just curious. Well, if you could find out the shipping to 53959 and LMK, that'd be awesome! I guesss you're prob. better off PM'ing me so I know I see it when I log in. Plus that way we can take sales info off the board. IDK if anybody here cares or not, but some people are kinda touchy about that.
Thank you gobs & bunches!!!!

 

[hellbender]

PsychoPeep...I see you have an Alapaha Bulldog!!! Great dogs. I knew the lady who 'developed' the breed, Lana Lou Lane. Great gal too.

I haven't talked to her in years and was surprised to see the breed name. The ones I've been around were great with kids and VERY

Protective. Would love to see a pic some time!

RON

Addendum: If you are willing to show me a pic of the dog, I will message you my private email.

 

[Flowerbh]

I toy with the idea of raising meat birds (or using my many excess roos..) everyday, but everyday realize, even though it should provide peace of mind knowing the chickens were raised happily, I cannot bring myself to kill one. I get to thinking "I can do this!" and then think harder about it and realize " Nope, I can't." I could handle the plucking and dressing easily..it's the thought of ending a life, painfully at that, that makes me sick to my stomach. The one time I found a severely injured silkie, my father was visiting coincidentally (he was raised on a farm - the same farm I live on now actually - and often slaughtered chickens) and I had to have him take it out of my sight to end it's suffering. I respect (and even envy a bit) those of you who can do it, but I'll never be able to do it.

I am the exactly the same way! I know it is the smart thing to do, but just cant. I only have about 25 chickens and they are all a different breed. They have name tags on the door. How can you eat them after they jump in your lap and come running for treats?