Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kassaundra]

Hooda? As in is it mixed w/a Houdan?? What a great idea! How cute that would be! My daughter has a Houdan named Horrace and we have nothing to breed him to. Maybe it'd be cute to breed him to our black NN pullet!

What do you mean it was Sc carrier? And they're all so lovely! Thanks for the pics!

Yes, the "hooda" is just the name given the NN x houdan that the guy who crossed them gave them. I have two hooda, thing 1 and thing 2 since I can't tell them apart here is a pic






The NN that was their father was dark skinned, if your NN is regular light skinned your hooda will not be dark skinned like these. They are completely black, b/c it take two mottled to show, so the only way you'll get the mottled is to breed the offspring back to the mottled parent.


Sc is a gene that when combined w/ the NaNa gene can produce completely naked chickens. It takes both parents to be carriers for Sc, so far I only have one male carrier, Jaxom, but I do have one of his offspring also a carrier from the last batch, but she isn't old enough to lay yet.

 

[PsycoPeep]

Oh wow! That's kinda neat!
Here's our Houdan at various ages:

 

[Kassaundra]

Maybe I'll wait a bit to check how many! lol

 

[Danishennies]

In march I am going to try and hatch. This will be my first time so I am nervous. Any pointers? Any incubaters you would recommend? I only have one EE Roo ( my only boy) I hve one turken I thought those two. Specially with my Roo's coloring. Plus my EE an EE Roo I think Emmy is wanting a baby. She keeps broodying but not staying with any of her eggs. So any pointers please share

 

[Kassaundra]

I just posted my opinion about my incubator on another thread so I am going to copy and paste

I have a brinsea eco 20. The temps are rock solid no fluctuations at all, they are easy to turn the eggs w/o uncovering which is great and easy for lock down just quit turning the incubator no egg turner to get in the way. .............................................................. However mine shrink wraps my eggs everytime, no matter how much water you add, no matter how many soaked sponges, no matter where you keep the vent. If I allowed the incubator to just hatch my chicks I would only get one maybe two per batch, I have had to help all my chicks out they have all been shrink wrapped. I just hatched today, and discovered not only are they shrink wrapping at external pip, which I knew, but also at internal pip. I had been keeping an eagle eye out for the pip and immediately opening the eggs to allow the chick out, but this time I had a "hinky" feeling and opened a few that had not pipped externally, when I opened them I saw they had internally pipped and had shrink wrapped, some were alive and just to weak to make it, others are still fighting.

The other thing I would say is it hatches early, every hatch from it has hatched early. I keep temps as 99, and it is solid never fluctuating, this batch was scheduled for lock down on Sund and hatch Tues, but the first chick hatched Sat morning. (and I use lock down as a term in time when the turning of the eggs stops b/c w/ a brinsea if you do real lock down they will all die)

Just thought I'd share the good and the bad. If you get (at least the eco 20) be prepared for hands on hatching or have a hatcher

 

[Kassaundra]

I also think hatching is way better then getting from the store or hatchery! Be careful it is ADDICTIVE. Have a plan, for both the addiction AND the roos.

 

[ShayBaby]

Cute babies, Kassaundra! Hoping for sc carriers for you! If/when you get bare nudies, I'll be one of the first on your list for eggs! Hehe! This may be the cutest chick pic I've ever seen:

Interesting about the Brinsea. That last batch in my mini were full term but never even made it to internal pip before they shrink wrapped. I have another batch in now, and also a batch in a wonky homemade cooler bator. Anxious to see how both go this time. If they shrink wrap this time, I'll maybe use the cooler as a hatcher instead next time. It is indeed very addictive!

 

[ShayBaby]

Do you know what the color is on the one on the left, PsycoPeep? 6 of my youngest look like that and I don't know what to call them lol.

 

[Kassaundra]

Cute babies, Kassaundra! Hoping for sc carriers for you! If/when you get bare nudies, I'll be one of the first on your list for eggs! Hehe! This may be the cutest chick pic I've ever seen:
Interesting about the Brinsea. That last batch in my mini were full term but never even made it to internal pip before they shrink wrapped. I have another batch in now, and also a batch in a wonky homemade cooler bator. Anxious to see how both go this time. If they shrink wrap this time, I'll maybe use the cooler as a hatcher instead next time. It is indeed very addictive!

I've read it is b/c of the location of the fan blowing right on the eggs.

 

[Danishennies]

I also think hatching is way better then getting from the store or hatchery!  Be careful it is ADDICTIVE.  Have a plan, for both the addiction AND  the roos.

Thanks I will do some research. Im mot sure what to do with Roo's yet. I may have a seperate area to put some of them. I can also sell some. Thanks for the advice. I have to figure put what I am doing. Im a blubering baby if one of them dies. So I will have to work on that first lol.