Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[alisar]

6 weekers, you are spot on! I'm wondering what color pattern they will end up - they are just hatchery NN.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

6 weekers, you are spot on! I'm wondering what color pattern they will end up - they are just hatchery NN.

Actually, hatchery NN can be pretty swell. I've been delighted with mine - size and variety. Where did you get yours? They have really interesting coloring...

-Ant Farm

 

[generaldsherman]

Is this chick a cockerel? Saw a facedown between it and my only ameraucana (course the ameraucana would be a boy and the only one to hatch %*#@, punk)

5 weeks old

Might need to know how to process a chicken soon, caught my only layer age pullet eating an egg. Had suspected it for a while so bought a dozen brown eggs to match her egg color. Hollowed one out a filled it with regular mustard. Found a bit of the egg shell left and mustard smelling nesting box. Filled one more hollowed out wgg with spicy brown mustard and juice from my salsa. That'll teach her if she eats it. Still intact this evening, so maybe the first one taught her. Will have to wait and see. If I don't see eggs in a few days, I'll have to find someone to help me-never processed a bird before.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Is this chick a cockerel? Saw a facedown between it and my only ameraucana (course the ameraucana would be a boy and the only one to hatch %*#@, punk) 5 weeks old


Might need to know how to process a chicken soon, caught my only layer age pullet eating an egg. Had suspected it for a while so bought a dozen brown eggs to match her egg color. Hollowed one out a filled it with regular mustard. Found a bit of the egg shell left and mustard smelling nesting box. Filled one more hollowed out wgg with spicy brown mustard and juice from my salsa. That'll teach her if she eats it. Still intact this evening, so maybe the first one taught her. Will have to wait and see. If I don't see eggs in a few days, I'll have to find someone to help me-never processed a bird before.

You might want to wait and see if it works itself out - I was convinced to (had an egg eater), and I'm glad I waited. The egg eater was only eating the abnormal/thin shelled eggs that some of the pullets were laying (which is sort of normal). Just in case, I also separated her in the coop for about 3 days in a dog crate as well. No more egg eating.

I understand that some folks have had true confirmed "vicious" e.g. eaters, but if your pullets are all young and coming into lay, I'd hold off, or you may find yourself culling a lot of otherwise good girls.

Just a thought...

- Ant Farm

 

[draye]

Is this chick a cockerel? Saw a facedown between it and my only ameraucana (course the ameraucana would be a boy and the only one to hatch %*#@, punk)

5 weeks old

Might need to know how to process a chicken soon, caught my only layer age pullet eating an egg. Had suspected it for a while so bought a dozen brown eggs to match her egg color. Hollowed one out a filled it with regular mustard. Found a bit of the egg shell left and mustard smelling nesting box. Filled one more hollowed out wgg with spicy brown mustard and juice from my salsa. That'll teach her if she eats it. Still intact this evening, so maybe the first one taught her. Will have to wait and see. If I don't see eggs in a few days, I'll have to find someone to help me-never processed a bird before.

It's really hard to tell for sure, but I've seen pullets that look that red, and that really looks like a pullet to me.

 

[generaldsherman]

You might want to wait and see if it works itself out - I was convinced to (had an egg eater), and I'm glad I waited. The egg eater was only eating the abnormal/thin shelled eggs that some of the pullets were laying (which is sort of normal). Just in case, I also separated her in the coop for about 3 days in a dog crate as well. No more egg eating. 

I understand that some folks have had true confirmed "vicious" e.g. eaters, but if your pullets are all young and coming into lay, I'd hold off, or you may find yourself culling a lot of otherwise good girls. 

Just a thought...

- Ant Farm 

She's got a while anyway, never culled and don't know how. Trying loaded egg, the second of the loaded eggs is still in there intact. Thanks for separation idea. Will put in my small isolation coop when I go to put everyone to bed.

It's really hard to tell for sure, but I've seen pullets that look that red, and that really looks like a pullet to me.

i like tgat one, so really want to keep. Hoping for girl. Maybe two girls were fighting?

 

[BirdHead]

Those are not red skinned....  /img/smilies/wink.png

I'll admit the black one looks a little cool, I just can't fathom them oddly. My gfs grandma has one, just look at it in the flock of RIR it just looks out of place lol

 

[chickengr]

Is this chick a cockerel? Saw a facedown between it and my only ameraucana (course the ameraucana would be a boy and the only one to hatch %*#@, punk) 5 weeks old


Might need to know how to process a chicken soon, caught my only layer age pullet eating an egg. Had suspected it for a while so bought a dozen brown eggs to match her egg color. Hollowed one out a filled it with regular mustard. Found a bit of the egg shell left and mustard smelling nesting box. Filled one more hollowed out wgg with spicy brown mustard and juice from my salsa. That'll teach her if she eats it. Still intact this evening, so maybe the first one taught her. Will have to wait and see. If I don't see eggs in a few days, I'll have to find someone to help me-never processed a bird before.

looks like girl to me.

give your chicken some calcium and wait. mine eat only soft shelled eggs that get broken.

 

[generaldsherman]

looks like girl to me.

give your chicken some calcium and wait. mine eat only soft shelled eggs that get broken.

I put her in isolation pen tonight, will give calcium in morning. She earned another chance I think

 

[rooney85]

Can anyone help me with genders on these two? Pretty sure black is a pullet my big grey frizzled one has me stumped!
Togepi

Pikachu

I was wondering how true they breed as well? If you cross them with non-NNs?