Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickengr]

2 weeks is the usual answer from a single mating. It can be up to three weeks, or maybe one week-ish if there's another rooster(s) actively breeding her after the single mating. The sperm get in competition and the older sperm can get pushed out... but they can still be tricky little things..

Oh that explains the chick size difference! If the bigger one is a boy, what would you plan to do with it?

it seems that both chicks might be girls. they both stay with me anyway. jumbo has already become a pet chick, likes to jump on my hands and sit.

 

[chickengr]

I actually got 2/3 of my NN flock from a fairly focused breeder out east who was trying very hard to reach SOP on all of her birds, and then the other 1/3 from a very small breeder that likes crossing pretty much everything with NNs. (NN does make everything better, right?) I noticed a dramatic difference in cockerel temperaments between the two, the the "pure" line having far better personalities and the "hybrid" lines showing more human aggressiveness.

all of my NNs are hybrid and a cockerel is not aggressive and 3 of 4 girls are just bitches, lol.

 

[chickengr]

@Kev
@draye

why don't you like feathered legs? do you have muddy runs or you simply don't like it?

btw, I love feathered legged chickens, especially my brahmas.

 

[draye]

@Kev

@draye


why don't you like feathered legs? do you have muddy runs or you simply don't like it?

btw, I love feathered legged chickens, especially my brahmas.

I like feathered legs for the breeds they belong on.

They don't belong on Naked Necks.

Partly it is because when it rains a lot the rubs do get muddy. I don't care for the muddy feathered legs when I have to handle the birds.

 

[Kev]

@Kev
@draye

why don't you like feathered legs? do you have muddy runs or you simply don't like it?

btw, I love feathered legged chickens, especially my brahmas.

It's very dry where I live.. in most years it is totally dry from Feb until October/November. In the winter, it normally dries out a lot between rains.. mud is very rarely a problem.

No real reason, just never liked the feather leg look. On the birds with sparse leg feathers, it just 'feels' like a mistake on them and want to clean it up.

It is funny though, back when I was breeding silkies and showgirls, I could not stand to see legs or toes on these.. they had to be as fully feathered as possible, ha!

Back when I had pigeons, liked them clean legged or with short feathers on toes with them long on the legs. Did not like the ones with huge wing like feathers on their legs/toes.. they had some trouble just walking around. These might have been a partial factor in my not liking leg feathering in general...

 

[Kev]

it seems that both chicks might be girls. they both stay with me anyway. jumbo has already become a pet chick, likes to jump on my hands and sit.

How sweet. I was wondering if you were thinking of maintaining a line of jumbo NN.. seems a lot of people are interested in heavy NN- me included.

 

[hellbender]

How sweet. I was wondering if you were thinking of maintaining a line of jumbo NN.. seems a lot of people are interested in heavy NN- me included.

Jumbo NNs...just be a little patient.

As for feathered legs...I could tolerate feathers that were no more than 1/4 to 1/2 inch down the side of the leg, so long as it wasn't long enough to get wet and the feet...NEVER!!!

Tolerating the lengths that I mentioned would be for a breed that I might be planning to use in a program that would eliminate (to a greater or lesser degree) in future generations.

 

[chickengr]

my brahma mix roo has long feathers and very often falls down when steps on them, lol. I like to watch how silly he is.

as for jumbo NN line, I am sorry for being too far to give you some eggs. but you have nice heavy breeds you can cross with your NNs.

if you cross NN hens with heavy meaty roos wouldn't most chicks be bigger size?

 

[hellbender]

my brahma mix roo has long feathers and very often falls down when steps on them, lol. I like to watch how silly he is.

as for jumbo NN line, I am sorry for being too far to give you some eggs. but you have nice heavy breeds you can cross with your NNs.

if you cross NN hens with heavy meaty roos wouldn't most chicks be bigger size?

Crossing is of course the way to go but it is not a one-cross process.

 

[hellbender]

How sweet. I was wondering if you were thinking of maintaining a line of jumbo NN.. seems a lot of people are interested in heavy NN- me included.

I think you know where I'm headed.