Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[lozerface79]

Frizzle naked neck

Do you have any w/o bowtie

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Frizzle naked neck, not the best pic,it was cold.He didn't want to model for me,Lol.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

This girl is a descendant from blue nn that I got from NAVA several years ago and a rooster from my nn polish project. She is the mom to the blue chicks.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Fibro-melanistic naked neck rooster

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

My girl from Murray McMurray

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

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Do you have any w/o bowtie[/She is one of my barest nn that I have.I have one other that is totally bare neck.

 

[DesertChic]

But chickens only rarely catch mice, and certainly never fish, pigs or cows. So why would it benefit them to eat them, especially as an every day part of their diet?

Perhaps now, in this era, that's true, but chickens also evolved as foragers. I've read multiple stories about how the Buckeye breed in particular are excellent mousers, and my own chickens have caught quite a few field mice along with lizards and even young snakes, all of which they've devoured with glee. A friend of mine who keeps a pond has shown me photos of her chickens catching the small mosquito fish she stocks her pond with every year, and if you've ever watched chickens devour a roadkill carcass you'd swear they were more like vultures than the feathery little pets we've come to adore.

My chickens LOVE blood, no matter the source, including an wound on my own skin.

As far as hanging around other livestock, I suspect that the insects attracted to their droppings or slopped feed present a more appealing and less labor intensive high-protein meal than hunting down mice, lizards, etc. Hence the reason for meal worm treats, or harvest Black Soldier Fly larva.

 

[DesertChic]

@Georgia Boy 1970 LOVE every one of your birds! Thanks for sharing!