Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickengr]

I'm sure this has been asked before but if I cross my turken hen with a fully feathered rooster, what are the chances of a naked neck chick?

someone posted it before. it works the same with other breeds than silkies

 

[chickengr]

these are NN babies:

 

[Flockmama87]

someone posted it before. it works the same with other breeds than silkies

Thank you!!!! That pic will come in handy later!!!

 

[Kassaundra]

Yesterday we culled little rooster. If we didn't do it, he would die because my rooster didn't allow him to stay in the coop, and it's snow outside. It's peace and quiet right now in the coop.

The other thing is, we decided to keep all chickens, 17 of them + one roo. I don't want all of them, but on the other hand, I don't have to worry about who is going to stay and who's not.

Great on "biting the bullet" and culling the boy. The pre-culling deciding period is such emotional turmoil, but the peace that follows is so sweet.

 

[Kassaundra]

Cuteness, @chickengr

 

[Phill98]

Great on "biting the bullet" and culling the boy.  The pre-culling deciding period is such emotional turmoil, but the peace that follows is so sweet.

You couldn't say this better. That's what we thought about when we were debating about culling him.

I have one question for you since you had many broodies and I plan to raise some chicks with them and I have never done that before. Do they leave the nest right when they hatch or she stays with them in the nest for some time and if so, how long? Also, do they have to be alone or they can be with other broodies and chicks or that depends from hen to hen?

 

[Kassaundra]

You couldn't say this better. That's what we thought about when we were debating about culling him.

I have one question for you since you had many broodies and I plan to raise some chicks with them and I have never done that before. Do they leave the nest right when they hatch or she stays with them in the nest for some time and if so, how long? Also, do they have to be alone or they can be with other broodies and chicks or that depends from hen to hen?

When the chicks start hatching she will double down, not even leave the once a day she was doing before. She will stay w/ the chicks for a couple of days and not move them off the nest. I usually give her food and water close enough (neck reach) so she can eat during this time and start calling the oldest of the chicks. After a couple of days the chicks are going to get more feisty and want to explore, she will leave the nest and take them usually just around the nest for another couple of days (really broody dependent) Sometimes the broody will be too "egg attatched" and want to sit on the eggs more then take care of the chicks. I usually take the unhatched and water candle them, any live I put in the incubator or if I think they are shrink wrapped will force hatch, these I will let dry and fluff then return them to her.

If left w/ other broodies and the chicks are different ages they can get really aggressive and kill the older chicks thinking they are a threat to the new ones a broody mom is THE ABSOLUTE FIERCEST when the chicks are less then a week or so old. If left in the main flock (natures way) they will and can protect them from flockmates and can be raised that way HOWEVER look very carefully at your set up. Do you have adequate preditor protection from stray cats and birds of prey???? from water dishes that chicks can and do drown in from getting through fencing holes a grown chicken can't and separating from mom, an on the ground nesting location the chicks can access w/o falling or flying.

We have our broodies in a covered run, we live in a neighborhood and lost several to cats and small hawks that couldn't threaten the grown chickens. (also a couple to drowning) we allow broody moms to raise together ONLY if they brood at the same time and have the same age chicks. That part is so chicken dependent some can't be together no matter what, others love the "community child" thing, if you try be prepared to separate if ness.

 

[Phill98]

When the chicks start hatching she will double down, not even leave the once a day she was doing before.  She will stay w/ the chicks for a couple of days and not move them off the nest.  I usually give her food and water close enough (neck reach) so she can eat during this time and start calling the oldest of the chicks.  After a couple of days the chicks are going to get more feisty and want to explore, she will leave the nest and take them usually just around the nest for another couple of days (really broody dependent)  Sometimes the broody will be too "egg attatched" and want to sit on the eggs more then take care of the chicks.  I usually take the unhatched and water candle them, any live I put in the incubator or if I think they are shrink wrapped will force hatch, these I will let dry and fluff then return them to her.

If left w/ other broodies and the chicks are different ages they can get really aggressive and kill the older chicks thinking they are a threat to the new ones a broody mom is THE ABSOLUTE FIERCEST when the chicks are less then a week or so old.  If left in the main flock (natures way) they will and can protect them from flockmates and can be raised that way HOWEVER look very carefully at your set up.  Do you have adequate preditor protection from stray cats and birds of prey???? from water dishes that chicks can and do drown in from getting through fencing holes a grown chicken can't and separating from mom, an on the ground nesting location the chicks can access w/o falling or flying.

We have our broodies in a covered run, we live in a neighborhood and lost several to cats and small hawks that couldn't threaten the grown chickens. (also a couple to drowning) we allow broody moms to raise together ONLY if they brood at the same time and have the same age chicks.  That part is so chicken dependent some can't be together no matter what, others love the "community child" thing, if you try be prepared to separate if ness.

This post is great! These details are priceless and I haven't seen this written in any articles about broodies and their chicks.

I thought about the broodies with chicks that are same age. So it depends. Thanks.

I didn't know that they can be with the rest of the flock. So if I DON'T keep them with the flock when they are very young, can I introfuce them to the flock with the broody at around four weeks ( if she will be with them at that age) and if not, how do you introduce them?

 

[Kev]

When the chicks start hatching she will double down, not even leave the once a day she was doing before. She will stay w/ the chicks for a couple of days and not move them off the nest. I usually give her food and water close enough (neck reach) so she can eat during this time and start calling the oldest of the chicks.

Great summary. I have a question as you put food/water by the hen.. do you find the hen pooping IN the nest? Most of the time I tried that, they ended up pooping in the nest.. as you know broody poop is Big and Nasty.... so I just completely stopped that and what I sometimes do is simply take the hen off the nest, if there aren't any eggs actively zipping and not let her back on until she has at very least pooped. I noticed those tend to stay longer on actively hatching nests than those that don't. I usually do this only for very large clutches or if the eggs are going to have staggered hatch(guilty of adding a few eggs a couple days after setting.. especially if early candling shows some infertiles).

 

[Kassaundra]

This post is great! These details are priceless and I haven't seen this written in any articles about broodies and their chicks.

I thought about the broodies with chicks that are same age. So it depends. Thanks.

I didn't know that they can be with the rest of the flock. So if I DON'T keep them with the flock when they are very young, can I introfuce them to the flock with the broody at around four weeks ( if she will be with them at that age) and if not, how do you introduce them?

I reintroduce as a group, but when depends on what preditors you have. I wait until the chicks are big enough a cat won't go after them. The main flock can see the broody and the chicks w/ just a fence between them helps w/ re introduction that they can see each other, and that they go back in a group.