Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kassaundra]

I can't wait to see how yours come out, Kassaundra!
That's the plan, yes, to bring the scaleless gene back in? And even if they don't --- they'll be darling!

Yes, my goal is to have colored egg laying NN that have the Fm and Sc, and even better if I can somehow get things like beards, topknots, tufts and rumpless built in but those are just gravy. When I get a boy (already have Jaxom) and a girl or two then the race is on for the naked chicken!!!!!! lol lol lol

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

You can do it! It just takes time and patience and hatching lots of chicks (the patience comes in handy when you KNOW the '% of whatever' are supposed to be there, but you just aren't seeing them yet).
edited to add: And Jaxom has a lot of *great things* going on in a 'little chicken package' : )
Can't wait to see them!

 

[Kassaundra]

Oh one thing you can be sure of ....................................... there will be pictures!!!!!!! lol lol lol

 

[Kev]

Yes, my goal is to have colored egg laying NN that have the Fm and Sc, and even better if I can somehow get things like beards, topknots, tufts and rumpless built in but those are just gravy. When I get a boy (already have Jaxom) and a girl or two then the race is on for the naked chicken!!!!!! lol lol lol

lol, like what I'd have done.. add more genes!

would be relatively easy as all listed are dominant/semi dominant traits. no purely recessive genes- impossible to tell which has the desired genes by looking at the possible carriers. even with scaleless you have the missing row on legs.

 

[Kev]

Hey Kev, my red NN are coming next week from Urch. Will be posting pics when they come in asap. I have yet to see pics of Urch NN and I will be the 1st.

Are they in yet aretheyinyetaretheyinyet? lol

 

[Kassaundra]

lol, like what I'd have done.. add more genes!

would be relatively easy as all listed are dominant/semi dominant traits. no purely recessive genes- impossible to tell which has the desired genes by looking at the possible carriers. even with scaleless you have the missing row on legs.

I figured I could, (eventually, may take some time since I live in town and have limited hatching, I might could double my hatching if I sent them to freezer camp at an earlier age) I have all the parent genes in the pool already, and everything I want is visible so that is how I will select my freezer camp candidates.

 

[Kev]

I figured I could, (eventually, may take some time since I live in town and have limited hatching, I might could double my hatching if I sent them to freezer camp at an earlier age) I have all the parent genes in the pool already, and everything I want is visible so that is how I will select my freezer camp candidates.

yeah it's a great way to have traits favored in several different breeds combined into basically as few breeding groups possible instead of having to make separate accommodations for breeding groups of each breed with said traits(houdan, NN, EE and so on), less roosters, less work etc. I have to reduce my flock to as few birds as possible(health reasons) so I'm trying to do something like this also.

but personally think it's a fun challenge too.

 

[Kassaundra]

yeah it's a great way to have traits favored in several different breeds combined into basically as few breeding groups possible instead of having to make separate accommodations for breeding groups of each breed with said traits(houdan, NN, EE and so on), less roosters, less work etc. I have to reduce my flock to as few birds as possible(health reasons) so I'm trying to do something like this also.

but personally think it's a fun challenge too.

I'm sorry your having health problems, hope they are fixable.

right now I have 3 roos, I will end up w/ only one though. As soon as I have a couple of females that are tufted and rumpless (securing those genes in the pool) Little man will have served his function and will exit stage left. I will place him though in another home, should be pretty easy he is nice shape and color for his breed. Oreo is my EE boy he has a champion, so therefore a home for life (my husband) Jaxom is my head roo (not the flocks that is Oreo) he has the NN, Fm and Sc that is going to be the foundation of my flock, and I will only hatch the colored eggs eventually. This hatch had brown in it b/c I needed the NN females and the top knotted females. With two of my roos now carrying the blue egg gene, and 1/2 the females in the flock also laying colored eggs it should be the easiest of my requirements to meet. I also have 2 females and one male that are NaNa so that should be pretty easy to secure also.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Here are the Fm NN G-E girls in the breeding pen. There are three splashes and a blue.

(I hated to interupt their dust bath)

There is a blue frizzle Fm NN G-E guy in that pen now.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

And some randon youngster shots from today