Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kassaundra]

Some baby pics of the new crew, 3 Sc carriers, but at least two are pretty surly boys.

 

[Easter eggers]

Here are my naked necks that I got from nava. They are getting big now.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Wow, wow, wow! Truly beautiful sights to see, Kass and EE!

Flowerbeds? What flowerbeds?
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((sorry))

 

[flower]

Draye this is sooooo Mensa's girl child


Didn't get a good side view, but her color and markings are almost identical, feather for feather and splotch for splotch.



Here is a pic of my Sc carrying gal



Even w/ a top knot, now how cool would it be to get a naked chicken w/ a top knot!!!!!!!! lol lol lol

TALK ABOUT MAKING YOU SMILE, WOULDN'T A NAKED CHICKEN WITH A TOP BE A REAL HOOT !!

And the white girl with the dark/melenotic skin is swell also !

 

[NewToFarming]

Goodness...such gorgeous NN's!

 

[PsycoPeep]

The feed mill I can get chicks from orders from 3 different hatcheries, but the feed mill is cheaper b/c they cut him a deal. So basically it's the same thing as ordering from the hatchery. When I called him today he said that they don't have any chicks coming in any time soon, but if I wanted to place a separate order just for them, it's a 25 chick minimum. I'm fine with 5 or 10, but not 25! So I told him it was too many and I'd have to give it a think.

Nava - that'd be so awesome of you! Can you PM me more details on the pullets you're talking about? How many do you have, what colors are they, do they carry 1 or 2 NN genes (I don't care if they're mixed, I guess), how much are you asking on them, and can you send me some pics of them?? I was just planning on ordering pullets only from the feed mill. I have a silver penciled NN roo and more than plenty non NN birds that I wouldn't mind trying a breeding or 2 with to see what gorgeous colors pop out. Plus I heard that they lay yr round.

Thanks gobs & bunches!

 

[flower]

Hi! I am new to NNs, going to pick ours up today, getting 15 pullets and one cockerel. Any advice on this particular breed for a newbie? I got some advice from another Texas friend who has NNs, and all suggestions are definitely welcome! I am all for NOT learning the hard way!

Your post may have been overlooked because NN do not require any special treatment. They are good dual purpose chickens, hardy and tolerant of heat and cold. Their personalities are usually clam and quiet. They have less feathers so they should be easier to pluck. On this site there are several people with a good store of genetic knowledge who are also fun. Maybe your are not well versed in genetics but I still want to state a few items about genes. Genes come in pairs and are either dominate or recessive. The Na+ gene (Naked Neck) is dominate, so if your bird does not exhibit some loss of feathers on the neck they do not have Na+ gene. Since you have both male and female NN chicks, they should all have some type of nakedness. If there is a very small amount of feathers below the wattles, called a bowtie, that bird could have two copies of the Na+ gene. If you mix your NN birds with a full feathered bird some offsprings will not inherit the Na+ gene.

Maybe this is more that you want to hear at this point, but usually people who are new to this breed will eventually ask about crossing and if a bird is full feathered will it be carrying the Na+ gene. That answer is no, no see no have.

so enoy your chicks and post pictures when you can. We all like pictures.

 

[Flowerbh]

This one has a movie star poise with a fur coat....all she needs now is a diamond necklace!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Congratulations on your new Naked Necks! Can't wait to see pics when you get them home and settled in : )

 
Hi!  I am new to NNs, going to pick ours up today, getting 15 pullets and one cockerel.  Any advice on this particular breed for a newbie?  I got some advice from another Texas friend who has NNs, and all suggestions are definitely welcome!  I am all for NOT learning the hard way! 

    Your post may have been overlooked because NN do not require any special treatment. They are good dual purpose chickens, hardy and tolerant of heat and cold. Their personalities are usually clam and quiet. They have less feathers so they should be easier to pluck. On this site there are several people with a good store of genetic knowledge who are also fun.  Maybe your are not well versed in genetics but I still want to state a few items about genes. Genes come in pairs and are either dominate or recessive. The Na+ gene (Naked Neck) is dominate, so if your bird does not exhibit some loss of feathers on the neck they do not have Na+ gene. Since you have both male and female NN chicks, they should all have some type of nakedness. If there is a very small amount of feathers below the wattles, called a bowtie, that bird could have two copies of the Na+ gene. If you mix your NN birds with a full feathered bird some offsprings will not inherit the Na+ gene.

Maybe this is more that you want to hear at this point, but usually people who are new to this breed will eventually ask about crossing and if a bird is full feathered will it be carrying the Na+ gene. That answer is no, no see no have.     so enoy your chicks and post pictures when you can. We all like pictures. 

Yes, what she said : )

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

Saturday morning with the little ones. Here is an updated picture of Curly. He was hatched out of Dipsy's eggs. His girls absolutely love him. I'm pretty smitten with him too