Naked Neck/Turken Thread

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Howdy Ms Nava How's the weather treating you and your birds ?

Hipeatall, that still is lots of work ! How do they remove the feathers ? I know that Turkens have less feather but still the entire process is so tedious that after using the field dress technique I remain discouraged unless there is help in the labor !

 

[ARose4Heaven]

These came in my McMurray Brown Egg Layer Assortment today. I also got a black one. I REALLY did not want Turkens. I think Iowa is just too cold for them. But now that I have 3 of them...well, feed em, water em and see what happens.

 

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Welcome and just be patient with them as they are slow growers and really the one of the best chickens. Very cold and heat tolerant, calm and not loud, good layers and mothers . I got my first turkens from McMurray and love them. You could find them very nice so yes just feed them and watch them them grow.

 

[Nava]

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BE CAREFULL!!!!!!! they will become your FAVORITE breed so lovable,calm,cute,cuddly, Ohhhh I can go on and on, they are just the best,

Congratulations

 

[josh44]

HI HIPEATALL,

How are the N-necks coming along ???

Do you still have any Large Fowl NNecks ???

 

[flowerchild59]

I also ordered my brown egg layers from MM hatchery and received 5 turkens, 4 buffs and one black. I really wasn't sure of them or what to think of them. I was worried about them this winter when it was in the single digits for weeks at night and only teens or twenties during the day. But they did fine and they are dependable steady layers of large brown eggs and I must say their personalities have won me over. They are social, very talkative and really sweet birds. They have become one of my favorite breeds.

 

[paddock36]

I call her "the Frankenchicken" cause she looks like she was put together from a bunch of different birds. She has green legs, red neck and now red comb, and multicolored feathers. She's also the largest hen I have.

 

[pgpoultry]

I have found Naked Necks to be very cold tolerant. They are out there foraging in the snow with their faces, necks and crops blood red, but they feel WARM!

My little pullet, Black Treacle, laid her first egg yesterday aged 26 weeks. Now I think that is very good as my Brahma pullets are 40 weeks plus and are still just growing and growing and growing.....yawn!,

 

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[superchemicalgirl]

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Just reiterating that it's not too cold for them there. I've got turkens here and they are not bothered by the cold at all. One of my turken pullets just started laying about a month ago, too, in the depths of winter.