Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[DesertChic]

Here's my current favorite "new" breeder, Zazzle. Horrible, horrible crow, but really nice meaty bird. I'm overdue for a 24 week weigh-in.

 

[draye]

@Desert Chick

For ( me) someone that us not a fan of barred chickens, that is one beautiful rooster.

I had a barred rooster here while back that had a lot of orange color over his saddle area and wings and on his head, but it wasn't that orange that Zazzle has.

Maybe I need to trade you some eggs so I can get sine of those beauties.

 

[chickengr]

Here's my current favorite "new" breeder, Zazzle. Horrible, horrible crow, but really nice meaty bird. I'm overdue for a 24 week weigh-in.

I am not fan of barred chickens but this one is something else!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Here's my current favorite "new" breeder, Zazzle. Horrible, horrible crow, but really nice meaty bird. I'm overdue for a 24 week weigh-in.

He's beautiful!!!

(I'm way overdue on EVERYONE'S weights...

)

- Ant Farm

 

[KJaguar]

That does it.. I am moving next to you! Haha

Very nice bird... looks very meaty n big boned but still a great type for mobility. I like huge chickens but not in the way they can't walk very good...

Are they a local chicken breed or from broiler breeding?

Glad you guys like him, he was bred from a naked Neck rooster over Cornish cross hens.

 

[KJaguar]

He's beautiful!!!

(I'm way overdue on EVERYONE'S weights...

)

- Ant Farm

Hey what is the heaviest naked neck you guys have, Im currently working on improving size and height in mine. The heaviest cock I own is a 16 pound 8 month old. Will post a pic of him tomorrow.

 

[Kev]

Glad you guys like him, he was bred from a naked Neck rooster over Cornish cross hens.

Cool. I got a few Cornish cross chicks from feed store last fall with this idea. However... don;t think they are the fast growing ones.. most likely the slow growing broiler cornish. Was disappointed but recently picked them up and they have a LOT of meat on a very long breast.. was surprised! Hope to do NN crosses with them soon.

 

[Phill98]

Here's my current favorite "new" breeder, Zazzle. Horrible, horrible crow, but really nice meaty bird. I'm overdue for a 24 week weigh-in.

I really, really like how big this rooster is but he doesn't look fat and slow. Don't know how to explain it better, but I think you will figure out what I am talking about. Shouldn't he do great in hot areas?!?

 

[Pensmaster]

Here's my current favorite "new" breeder, Zazzle. Horrible, horrible crow, but really nice meaty bird. I'm overdue for a 24 week weigh-in.

I like him. Of the two roosters I kept for breeding my second choice has actually turn out to be the keeper. I think Kev mention that happening as well. However he's the worst for crowing. What is the preferred method for weighing? I have an accurate antique scale with the hanging metal pan. If I turned the pan into a sling of sorts to hold the bird would that work? Also has anyone tried to use Walter Hogan's The Call of the Hen method for getting better egg laying. Ultimately I think it would also help for meat size. I've worked with mine for two generations now and the third is in the incubator. Egg production is up this spring but it's spring and to be expected. Winter is the test at least for me.

 

[DesertChic]

I really, really like how big this rooster is but he doesn't look fat and slow. Don't know how to explain it better, but I think you will figure out what I am talking about. Shouldn't he do great in hot areas?!?

All of my NNs do really, really well in the southern AZ heat. While my other birds are panting, drooping and looking downright miserable my NNs will be sunning themselves, dust bathing and hunting for critters in the yard.

I like him. Of the two roosters I kept for breeding my second choice has actually turn out to be the keeper. I think Kev mention that happening as well. However he's the worst for crowing.

What is the preferred method for weighing? I have an accurate antique scale with the hanging metal pan. If I turned the pan into a sling of sorts to hold the bird would that work?

Also has anyone tried to use Walter Hogan's The Call of the Hen method for getting better egg laying. Ultimately I think it would also help for meat size. I've worked with mine for two generations now and the third is in the incubator. Egg production is up this spring but it's spring and to be expected. Winter is the test at least for me.

The most well-behaved of my birds will still stand on the digital scale for me, but once they reach a certain size I usually resort to holding them while I step on a scale and then subtracting my weight from our combined weight. Perhaps not the most accurate way to measure, but it generally gets the job done.

I had considered using the Hogan method to determine production but I've honestly got so many girls giving me eggs all year round that I haven't really worried about it. I'm pretty good at knowing which hen laid which egg simply because I've spent so much time tracking egg production, so daily egg counts combined with examination of beak and leg coloring frequently tells me all I need to know. For meat I simply weigh and handle my birds on a regular basis and chart their growth progress from hatch until roughly 24 weeks. I'm slowly learning to recognize which traits are indicative of better meat production that way.