Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi Insanity! Yes, there is a chance : )
If the roo has 2 copies of the gene for naked neck (you can see it by a small bowtie or lack of bow tie) ALL his offspring will have naked necks.
If the roo has a large bow tie, he only has one copy of the gene for naked neck and his offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting a naked neck.
Good luck with your eggs!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Here are a couple of my Showgirl x Sumatra chicks that hatched last night

They are BeautiFUL! Can't wait to see how they grow : )

 

[insanity]

Dipsy,
Thanks I was hoping it was a codominate trait.This will be fun to see what I get.

 

[Flowerbh]

Did I ever tell you that when my first NN was born, I panicked because I thought it had no eyes! What I was looking at was the little naked earlobe! hahaha!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

That''s funny! When I hatched my first vaulted skull Silkie chick, I thought it was deformed and would have to be put down.
When my first Naked Neck chicks were getting ready to hatch, I dreamed they hatched and had NO down at all and were slithering around the hatcher like snakes --- yikes!

 

[Flowerbh]

That''s funny! When I hatched my first vaulted skull Silkie chick, I thought it was deformed and would have to be put down.
When my first Naked Neck chicks were getting ready to hatch, I dreamed they hatched and had NO down at all and were slithering around the hatcher like snakes --- yikes!

Just saw a photo that a guy in TS took of the chicken they are breeding. It was TOTALLY naked. No feathers anywhere. Weird!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Those might be the birds with the scaleless gene. I think Kassaundra has birds that were crossed to scaleless birds.
I think they are cool in a way-out-there way.

 

[Kev]

I've been wanting those SO BAD for such a long time with no luck at all.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Me too, Kev! I think you have to *know someone* to be able to get them ; (

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

They are starting to come along nicely!