Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Flowerbh]

3 month old Nugget, boy or girl? I can't figure it out, Nugget acts like both, and to me looks like both lol

I vote boy. Those are some pretty big wattles for it to be a girl....plus the colors look like boy to me.

 

[1TurkenLover]

3 month old Nugget, boy or girl? I can't figure it out, Nugget acts like both, and to me looks like both lol

Does he have Pointy Saddle feathers, and Tail feathers ? Looks like a Hansom boy to me

My NN Cockerel




and Now




With 4 other Surprise Cockerels it took him till I rehomed them to
Crow up. LoL

 

[Tammys kevin]

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 Does he have Pointy Saddle feathers, and Tail feathers ? Looks like a Hansom boy to me

I couldn't see any saddle feathers, but there were black feathers with bright shiny green on them growing in the tail, I've never seen a hen with those

 

[ShayBaby]

I also vote boy. My NN roos didn't show saddles until over 6 months old. And those certainly are flashy wattles for a gal.

 

[Kassaundra]

3 month old Nugget, boy or girl? I can't figure it out, Nugget acts like both, and to me looks like both lol

I am torn on this one, my gut says boy though. The saddle feathers start growing long before they become visible. Hold his and get "in his feather business" look closely at the new feathers coming in in the saddle area (base of tail on back) the short new ones are being covered by the existing ones, anyway you should be able to see the new ones are either pointy or round.

 

[Tammys kevin]

I tried to catch him, and he attacked me! Got 3 nice gouges in my arm :/ very aggressive to any chicken smaller than him too, which is a worry as I mostly have silkies and other bantams. I think nugget may have to go to a new home

 

[Flowerbh]

I am torn on this one, my gut says boy though. The saddle feathers start growing long before they become visible. Hold his and get "in his feather business" look closely at the new feathers coming in in the saddle area (base of tail on back) the short new ones are being covered by the existing ones, anyway you should be able to see the new ones are either pointy or round.

Here is a photo of what Kassaundra is talking about. This roos new saddle feathers are iridescent and pointy.

 

[Tammys kevin]

yeah i definitely saw those, some were shiny green ones. such a pity but i couldn't possibly keep him once he gets to the 'randy rooster' stage, my poor bantam hens couldn't handle that

 

[Kassaundra]

All black feathers on both male and female will be shiny irradescent but the long swoopy tails are boys.











All these are girls

 

[Tammys kevin]

they're so pretty, the second from the bottom is so shiny! i did notice that Nugget has a much longer tail than all of your girls, and his? legs look thicker, although that could just be the colour making them appear that way