Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[DesertChic]

I've got a question for those of you who are so very much better at determining off-spring coloring than I am...which may be all of you...

I've got three beautiful little pure white, White Rock pullets that I'd like to breed to my NN cockerels, one of which is black with splashed of amber and red, and one of which is mainly red with splashes of silver. Based upon my limited understanding, none of the white will really make an appearance in the offspring, right?

 

[draye]

I've got a question for those of you who are so very much better at determining off-spring coloring than I am...which may be all of you...

I've got three beautiful little pure white, White Rock pullets that I'd like to breed to my NN cockerels, one of which is black with splashed of amber and red, and one of which is mainly red with splashes of silver. Based upon my limited understanding, none of the white will really make an appearance in the offspring, right? 

I not really an expert but in my experience with White Rocks when they are bred with any other color you get a lot of white chicks some with red or black streaks in them.

I think it also depends on if it is recessive or dominant white also. I've also see. Barred pop out of certain matings.

 

[Kev]

Yep, depends on whether the white is dominant or recessive.

with dominant, expect all whites, possibly some having a red/buff wash. Sounds like white rocks have dominant from what draye says.

With recessive white, none of the chicks will be white.

If you want sparkling clean whites, it is best to use either blacks or barreds. It's not uncommon for a white line to have barring in it though, as it is used as a trick to clean the legs on whites. So just using a black can be quite good enough for this reason. Mottles or blues also are great for white projects, but mottle will affect leg color if the goal is for green or blue legs though.

Give preference to blacks that you either know are silver or if they leak color, show white instead of red.. I understand silver based birds have less problems with brassiness in whites but feel free to check because it's been a while since I read up on brassiness in whites..

 

[ochochicas]

I've got a question for those of you who are so very much better at determining off-spring coloring than I am...which may be all of you...

I've got three beautiful little pure white, White Rock pullets that I'd like to breed to my NN cockerels, one of which is black with splashed of amber and red, and one of which is mainly red with splashes of silver. Based upon my limited understanding, none of the white will really make an appearance in the offspring, right?

I bred my white rock to my turken. He was a wheaten/gold duckwing. All of the chicks hatched black. I have no idea what they looked like when the grew up since I sold them all. White plymouth rocks are recessive white. If they are crossed with any other color they offspring will not be white. The chick on the left in the photo is a white rock x gold duckwing turken.

 

[Kev]

Now we have personal experiences with white rocks being either dominant or recessive lol

Guess you will just have to breed yours and find out.

 

[draye]

Now we have personal experiences with white rocks being either dominant or recessive lol

Guess you will just have to breed yours and find out.

I think they have discovered that there are actually lines if both. The line I worked with were from Cackle Hatchery and I think theirs were dominant because I never got any color except white, white with a little red leakage, and a couple of Ghost Barred.

I have heard though that there are silver lines.

 

[Kev]

I think they have discovered that there are actually lines if both. The line I worked with were from Cackle Hatchery and I think theirs were dominant because I never got any color except white, white with a little red leakage, and a couple of Ghost Barred.

I have heard though that there are silver lines.

Yes that's correct. Yours showed to be dominant white, ochochicas' proved to be recessive white.

Lines with silver often are used for sex linked matings- RIR rooster bred with silver line whites will give white/whitish cockerels and red sex link pullets.

 

[DesertChic]

Now we have personal experiences with white rocks being either dominant or recessive lol

Guess you will just have to breed yours and find out.

LOL! Nothing like personal, hands-on experience to solve life's little mysteries.

 

[Kev]

LOL! Nothing like personal, hands-on experience to solve life's little mysteries.

Ya and it's a great way to learn genetics along the way. Keep us updated on the "swing vote"?

 

[Sierra987]

I impulsively bought 3 straight run Naked Neck chicks this spring. They are 6 weeks old now and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what sex they are?

TIA!