Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[steven29128]

OK, today was brooder cleaning day, and also the three week weigh-in and leg band swap out. As expected, it was quite the ordeal - flapping, squealing, running, crying. And that was just me!!!

I did all my record keeping like a good girl:




I need to go take some pain killers STAT, but I did get EVERYONE (after much effort) - which I HAD to do, because I needed to swap out/upsize their zip tie leg bands (I use the numbered ones from Strombergs). I took photos of most of them while weighing. So, without further ado, I present some of my growing Naked Neck babies (BTW, Tank is now 10.3 oz). Third one down is the "buff" one that I call Puppy.






(Below is Tank - he's big, so I had to back up more to take his photo)

Check out the legs on this one!



This one (above and below) started off all black, but has copper highlights white accents on the wings (hard to get in the photo, he squirmed a lot), as well as white markings on the face by the eye and beak.

This one's more black, but also has some pale accents on wing

And finally...

(same one)


- Ant Farm

Nice Looking Turkens.

 

[Kev]

OK, today was brooder cleaning day, and also the three week weigh-in and leg band swap out. As expected, it was quite the ordeal - flapping, squealing, running, crying. And that was just me!!!

I did all my record keeping like a good girl:

Great record and pictures!

Looks like a very strong skew towards cockerels.. confident two are pullets-Puppy and the one below her and one?? with the others being cockerels.

 

[draye]

OK, today was brooder cleaning day, and also the three week weigh-in and leg band swap out. As expected, it was quite the ordeal - flapping, squealing, running, crying. And that was just me!!! I did all my record keeping like a good girl: I need to go take some pain killers STAT, but I did get EVERYONE (after much effort) - which I HAD to do, because I needed to swap out/upsize their zip tie leg bands (I use the numbered ones from Strombergs). I took photos of most of them while weighing. So, without further ado, I present some of my growing Naked Neck babies (BTW, Tank is now 10.3 oz). Third one down is the "buff" one that I call Puppy. (Below is Tank - he's big, so I had to back up more to take his photo) Check out the legs on this one! This one (above and below) started off all black, but has copper highlights white accents on the wings (hard to get in the photo, he squirmed a lot), as well as white markings on the face by the eye and beak. This one's more black, but also has some pale accents on wing And finally... (same one) - Ant Farm

Nice looking group, there are at least 2 definite cockerels in those pictures. From my last hatch there are several that i can already tell are cockerels. They are 2 weeks tomorrow, I'm waiting for the three week mark before I start my culling process.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Great record and pictures!

Looks like a very strong skew towards cockerels.. confident two are pullets-Puppy and the one below her and one?? with the others being cockerels.

Out of 13 naked necks (I didn't get all photographed/posted), I am HOPEFUL based on feathering speed/pattern in the first week that 8 are pullets (hopeful NOT being the same as confident, of course). When looking at my notes, it seems that of those 8, there are 6 for whom I didn't put a question mark down next to "Female". Yes, there are some that are clearly males - impressive chicks. I made the notes on gender guess in the first week so I could look back and see whether I got it right or not (in the hopes of learning something) - I based it mostly on really early well developed wing feathers (females), vs. very slow development of tail feathers (male).

But who knows - I guess we'll see. I will likely keep two males (maybe three?) with NN phenotype and most pullets... Right now, not really thinking to keep any New Hampshires, but I'm keeping an open mind.

- Ant Farm

 

[Kev]

Out of 13 naked necks (I didn't get all photographed/posted), I am HOPEFUL based on feathering speed/pattern in the first week that 8 are pullets (hopeful NOT being the same as confident, of course). When looking at my notes, it seems that of those 8, there are 6 for whom I didn't put a question mark down next to "Female". Yes, there are some that are clearly males - impressive chicks. I made the notes on gender guess in the first week so I could look back and see whether I got it right or not (in the hopes of learning something) - I based it mostly on really early well developed wing feathers (females), vs. very slow development of tail feathers (male).

But who knows - I guess we'll see. I will likely keep two males (maybe three?) with NN phenotype and most pullets... Right now, not really thinking to keep any New Hampshires, but I'm keeping an open mind.

- Ant Farm

Oh good there;s more besides those... My reason for guessing so many males is also based on feather color- large areas of black coming up on feathers of the cream colored chicks are male(as on the last chick), and hatchery stock very strongly tends to produce females in softer and lighter shades like Puppy and the males getting darker(towards red than lighter buff) with the color coming out "harder". Tank is showing this darker, 'harder' shade. Compare the color/look with Puppy. Another good example of the darker, redder male coloring is on the green legged one. One hint that sometimes is present but not so reliable/well defined is how the feathers come out solid colored on males vs streaked on females.

btw I really do delight in your record keeping and having fun with gender guesses and following through!

 

[Sierra987]

I know it's not really relevant to the conversation but my NN pullet is such a good mama! She's only 6 months old herself so I'm really impressed with her. Sorry but I just had to share that with people that appreciate NNs.

 

[Sierra987]

And I love the pics of NN chicks. Cute little buggers!

 

[ProposalCoop]

We just got our first turkey necked roo! We named him Lurch lol

 

[Phill98]

The mother of my son's best friend actually wrinkled up her nose and scrunched up her face while asking, "Why chickens?" when we told her about them. Then her son spent a weekend with us and went home insisting that he wants a pet chicken. His first night here he walked around our yard for nearly an hour holding and petting my extremely tame Bielefelder cockerel, Bosch, who fell asleep in the kid's arms. This teenage kid who spends most of his life pursuing academics, sports and electronic "endeavors" suddenly fell in love with the simplicity of a small farm life. I would come up from my woodshop to find him sitting in the backyard with a chicken on his lap, grinning from ear to ear as he watched them all do their "chicken thing". He told me it was the most peaceful weekend he's had in years, and he LOVED the eggs. 

I think most people still see poultry as food and simply don't realize how wonderful they can be as living creatures. And very few people comprehend that there are so many breeds. I've literally had multiple people ask, "You mean there's more than one kind of chicken?" Even my nearest neighbor, who has kept chicken for years, came to a screeching halt when driving by my yard and seeing a rooster happily sitting on my lap being pet while the hens rested about my feet. He's mystified by the fact that I can handle my birds so easily and that they don't even try to fly out of my yard. I just laughed and told him that there's more to poultry than White Leghorns. 

When I have lot of job to do and when I am so nervous, angry, ****** of and arguing with whole world, I just run to my chickens and just watch them. I don't do anything, just sit there and watch them doing their own stuff. That is so strange for a 17 year old boy, but as I get older I do this more and more often. My chickens are always doing right things to make me feel better and they don't even know that.

 

[Phill98]

OK, today was brooder cleaning day, and also the three week weigh-in and leg band swap out. As expected, it was quite the ordeal - flapping, squealing, running, crying. And that was just me!!! I did all my record keeping like a good girl: I need to go take some pain killers STAT, but I did get EVERYONE (after much effort) - which I HAD to do, because I needed to swap out/upsize their zip tie leg bands (I use the numbered ones from Strombergs). I took photos of most of them while weighing. So, without further ado, I present some of my growing Naked Neck babies (BTW, Tank is now 10.3 oz). Third one down is the "buff" one that I call Puppy. (Below is Tank - he's big, so I had to back up more to take his photo) Check out the legs on this one! This one (above and below) started off all black, but has copper highlights white accents on the wings (hard to get in the photo, he squirmed a lot), as well as white markings on the face by the eye and beak. This one's more black, but also has some pale accents on wing And finally... (same one) - Ant Farm

How tidy and organized you are! I don't think I could keep this going on for three weeks. I hope that next year I will start to pay more attention to my chicks and their parents and everything. Btw, I love the red one with dark legs.