Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[draye]

So are there any mad scientists who are working on NN, frizzle, clean leg, LF (the bigger the better) non FM birds?

Sorry I'm not I try to stay as far away from drizzle as I can. I don't like it and I think it would be harmful to my flock.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some that are cute as can be. Just not for me.

 

[Phage]

Oh man it's been a while... forgot the exact year, I think it was back in the early/mid 1990's.. well before the dreaded 2YK lol I was part of poultry emailing list, every member got emails from everybody who was a member of this group. Bunch of us got real friendly and chatty on Dom_Bird, several members got kicked out for being too chatty and so Bird_Farm got established... it was even chattier and so much fun. I was already a NN advocate back then and tried to encourage people to try out NN.. as part of a in-group joke thing, I mentioned NN silkies- Las Vegas Showgirls! and few other members just loved that idea.. it took off from there with several 'main' players starting their lines and spreading the birds or the idea around.

NN silkies have been created few times through the years previous to us but afaik they never took off and the Showgirl name and the current interest can be traced directly to the Bird-Farm group with me being the name originator.

Good times!

p.s. I created a showgirl line using show silkies and bred for many years, with some also laying green eggs. Unfortunately I was forced to reduce the flock and had to make the hard decision to sell and give away all of the silkies and showgirls....

Totally Awesome Kev. You never cease to amaze me!!

 

[Nava]

 

[Kev]

Nava- really really like that roo! So handsome with nice type and uncommon color.

Is he out of cross with buff rock? I'm wondering if the white came via the rocks or from the NN side.. didn't you have some buff NN with some white on them?

you always produce some of the nicest NN.

BTW I wonder if your bird would be of interest to Aloha Chickens.

Aloha- ever consider dominant white or already have it in your project? It would help with any black ticking and often helps lighten up the buff coloring a shade.

 

[draye]

Okay I just love the color if that rooster. White Tailed Red.

How did you make that one, I gotta have one that color now. Just another reason to keep breeding different colors together to come up with unusual colors.

 

[Kev]

I'd call it white tailed buff though- red sex links would be example of white tailed red.

You can make it by bringing dominant white into black tail buffs.

 

[beckybsc]

Speaking of breeding what would happen if you had a naked neck bantam and a regular standard size chicken and they mate what would the offspring be like or is that even possible!!

 

[draye]

Speaking of breeding what would happen if you had a naked neck bantam and a regular standard size chicken and they mate what would the offspring be like or is that even possible!!

It's possible. What it looks like all depends on how the genes align.
If you gonna do it though I'd use the bantam over the large fowl. Even then there could be problems on the mating thing. You may have A.I.

 

[Pyxis]

So I've posted my rooster in here before, but I have question so here he is again:

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to whether he's pure for Naked Neck? I'm betting he's Nana instead of NaNa and only one fourth of his offspring, crossed to non Naked Neck hens, will hatch with bowties and the rest will have regular feathering, but I could be wrong, so I figured I'd ask

 

[maranfarmer563]

His bow tie looks big compared to mine. Maybe is a cross