Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Sierra987]

My NN pullet has 2 chicks hatched as of now with another on the way. Unfortunately, none of her own eggs were good. These little guys are Silkie X green egg layers. She's done such a good job staying on these eggs. I had to move her twice and she took it in stride. It's fun to hear her talking to her chicks. I'm really impressed with her for just 6 months old. And perhaps next spring I can hatch some NN eggs and get dark skinned NNs.

I think I should be able to sex these chicks by skin color but I have to go find that thread to refresh my memory. I thought all the chicks would be black but one is a very silvery color so I have to figure that out too.

I just never thought I would like my NNs as much as I do.

 

[Sierra987]

 

[DesertChic]

That is simply precious! What a good momma!

@draye - Your chicks are just too darn cute! I can't wait to see how that BJG + NN mix will turn out. Those are going to be some big birds!

 

[draye]

Where are all the naked people? Oops I mean the Naked Neck people?

Looks like people are awfully quite I. This thread the last few days.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Where are all the naked people? Oops I mean the Naked Neck people?

Looks like people are awfully quite I. This thread the last few days.

Trying to keep my little Naked Neck chicks from flying out of the brooder (had my first percher attempt to escape at 1-1/2 weeks) and desperately working to finish my new coop so I can then start work on their grow out tractor so they can move outside... Oh, yeah, while also working at my job. It stinks that it's getting dark sooner and sooner in the evenings.

I have been very good about not naming any of them, knowing that a given number will go to the freezer (it's hard, they're so spunky and friendly). I am compensating by calling them all "puppy" when they come up to jump on my hand or stand there and let me scratch their little bellies. I'm completely uninterested in the New Hampshires by comparison...

- Ant Farm

 

[hellbender]

Where are all the naked people? Oops I mean the Naked Neck people?

Looks like people are awfully quite I. This thread the last few days.

Most threads I visit are slow...folks getting ready for cold weather???

 

[hellbender]

Trying to keep my little Naked Neck chicks from flying out of the brooder (had my first percher attempt to escape at 1-1/2 weeks) and desperately working to finish my new coop so I can then start work on their grow out tractor so they can move outside... Oh, yeah, while also working at my job. It stinks that it's getting dark sooner and sooner in the evenings.

I have been very good about not naming any of them, knowing that a given number will go to the freezer (it's hard, they're so spunky and friendly). I am compensating by calling them all "puppy" when they come up to jump on my hand or stand there and let me scratch their little bellies. I'm completely uninterested in the New Hampshires by comparison...

- Ant Farm

The NHs have a pretty large following but I could just never get interested in them. I suppose I'd get RIRs before them and I can't see myself ever having any f them either....But you never know. I HOPE we're set up here to were we never have to buy chicks/chickens again. With four hefty hardy breeds, that should provide decades of diverse genetics to play with.

 

[ochochicas]

I'm just hanging out waiting for more of them to lay. My two EE NN (ok, too many letters in there) pullets are laying nice dark green eggs. They aren't quiet olive, but still darker than I expected. My rooster had some unknown egg genetics so I wasn't sure how dark the offsprings' eggs would be. Still four more pullets that aren't laying yet, so I need to be patient.

The two that are laying are only 23 weeks. Their eggs are in the 54 - 56 gram range, so nice size for such young birds. Hoping for consistent XL eggs when they are mature.

 

[chickengr]

my NN beauty started to lay in 21 week! nice, large eggs. the other 3 are about 13 weeks old.

 

[Kev]

Trying to keep my little Naked Neck chicks from flying out of the brooder (had my first percher attempt to escape at 1-1/2 weeks) and desperately working to finish my new coop so I can then start work on their grow out tractor so they can move outside... Oh, yeah, while also working at my job. It stinks that it's getting dark sooner and sooner in the evenings.

I have been very good about not naming any of them, knowing that a given number will go to the freezer (it's hard, they're so spunky and friendly). I am compensating by calling them all "puppy" when they come up to jump on my hand or stand there and let me scratch their little bellies. I'm completely uninterested in the New Hampshires by comparison...

- Ant Farm

That's basically how it happened with me also. I'd had chickens almost my whole life but up until first order from a hatchery, they were game chickens from relatives who were big time into homesteading and the chickens came um.. shall we say "from working stock"..? So they were not the easiest things to handle.. beautiful but yikes..

My first order consisted of multiples of several breeds.. and one NN, only one, and a sexed pullet because what if I did not like it.. did not want a NN roo 'fouling up the other hens'... Well, guess which one became my favorite? Ha.. She was so sweet, followed me around while the others only came up at feeding time etc. I really should have made that order either 25 straight run NN or 25 pullets one cockerel and be done with it forever.