Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickengr]

yesterday I got 5 eggs only so I told my girls they would go to the freezer camp. today they have been fighting over the nest box, lol. I found 3 hens in 1 box and 1 in another one + 2 waiting outside the box

 

[Pensmaster]

yesterday I got 5 eggs only so I told my girls they would go to the freezer camp. today they have been fighting over the nest box, lol. I found 3 hens in 1 box and 1 in another one + 2 waiting outside the box

And the two waiting were probably saying hurry up I don't want to go too camp!!!

I tell mine chicken soup is delicious.

Good afternoon chickengr. I hope Greece is treating you well.

I'm looking to get some NN today. Well 1/2 of me does. If they still have them I probably will but they only had roosters. One was really smart instead of eating out of the tray with the rest of them he had jumped to the top of the feeder and had the whole thing to himself.

 

[nchvac]

Besides the naked neck and less feathers, what traits seem to carry with the NN gene? I notice the NN in my group of chicks seem to act differently than the others, but I can't quite pen down in what ways other than the seem more inquisitive and less likely to try to play superman and jump out of the hutch type things.

Also, the ones that hatched without the NN, will they pass on the NN gene to their offspring or is the gene simply not in them to pass on?

And if I breed two NNs will I get the same 25% NN offspring I got in this batch or will it be more like 50%? Thanks

 

[Phill98]

Besides the naked neck and less feathers, what traits seem to carry with the NN gene?  I notice the NN in my group of chicks seem to act differently than the others, but I can't quite pen down in what ways other than the seem more inquisitive and less likely to try to play superman and jump out of the hutch type things. 

Also, the ones that hatched without the NN, will they pass on the NN gene to their offspring or is the gene simply not in them to pass on? 

And if I breed two NNs will I get the same 25% NN offspring I got in this batch or will it be more like 50%?  Thanks

I don't really know what other benefits are, except less feathers since I have a mixed flock of both turkens and non naked necks that are actually the same breed, just like Kassaundra's. She hatched few non naked necks from her flock, but since she has the same line few years, they have same characteristics other than NN gene.

Your non naked neck chickens are not able to make the nn babies because they don't have that gene, but two NN should give you 100% NN babies.

 

[DesertChic]

Besides the naked neck and less feathers, what traits seem to carry with the NN gene? I notice the NN in my group of chicks seem to act differently than the others, but I can't quite pen down in what ways other than the seem more inquisitive and less likely to try to play superman and jump out of the hutch type things.

Also, the ones that hatched without the NN, will they pass on the NN gene to their offspring or is the gene simply not in them to pass on?

And if I breed two NNs will I get the same 25% NN offspring I got in this batch or will it be more like 50%? Thanks

I don't really know what other benefits are, except less feathers since I have a mixed flock of both turkens and non naked necks that are actually the same breed, just like Kassaundra's. She hatched few non naked necks from her flock, but since she has the same line few years, they have same characteristics other than NN gene.

Your non naked neck chickens are not able to make the nn babies because they don't have that gene, but two NN should give you 100% NN babies.

The one thing I've definitely witnessed as a positive attribute in my NNs is hardiness. Not only do these birds seem capable of simply enduring environmental issues better than some of my other breeds, but they seem to shrug off things that sometimes kill other breeds. For example, last summer I knew of a number of chicken keepers who lost members of their flocks to scorpion stings. My favorite NN rooster, Heisenberg, was stung on the face by a scorpion, right next to his eye, and I was convinced he would die. His entire body seized up with his legs held tight under his body and he shook all over. I immediately brought him into the house and gave him an antihistamine I'd pulverized and mixed with water, feeding it to him via syringe (no needle). After roughly two hours he behaved as if nothing had happened. Now, it could've been because I caught it so quickly after he'd been stung, but I've watched my NNs devour scorpions and centipedes that send my other birds running and screeching and they're no worse for wear as a result. They're tough birds!

 

[Pensmaster]

The one thing I've definitely witnessed as a positive attribute in my NNs is hardiness. Not only do these birds seem capable of simply enduring environmental issues better than some of my other breeds, but they seem to shrug off things that sometimes kill other breeds. For example, last summer I knew of a number of chicken keepers who lost members of their flocks to scorpion stings. My favorite NN rooster, Heisenberg, was stung on the face by a scorpion, right next to his eye, and I was convinced he would die. His entire body seized up with his legs held tight under his body and he shook all over. I immediately brought him into the house and gave him an antihistamine I'd pulverized and mixed with water, feeding it to him via syringe (no needle). After roughly two hours he behaved as if nothing had happened. Now, it could've been because I caught it so quickly after he'd been stung, but I've watched my NNs devour scorpions and centipedes that send my other birds running and screeching and they're no worse for wear as a result. They're tough birds!

Do you know if these traits of hardiness are past on say if I breed NN rooster to non NN Dark Cornish

 

[DesertChic]

Do you know if these traits of hardiness are past on say if I breed NN rooster to non NN Dark Cornish

I can't say for certain because I haven't been cross-breeding my birds for very long, but I can't imagine that it would hurt, and in all likelihood would help. What I can tell you is that the crosses I've made with my Bielefelders have been very encouraging so far, but they're all still very young. I've noticed a far better feed to growth conversion rate and more liveliness in the offspring without any loss in friendliness. And my NN/White Rock crosses so far have impressed the heck out of me but once again, they're still very young.

 

[Pensmaster]

I can't say for certain because I haven't been cross-breeding my birds for very long, but I can't imagine that it would hurt, and in all likelihood would help. What I can tell you is that the crosses I've made with my Bielefelders have been very encouraging so far, but they're all still very young. I've noticed a far better feed to growth conversion rate and more liveliness in the offspring without any loss in friendliness. And my NN/White Rock crosses so far have impressed the heck out of me but once again, they're still very young.

Really curious about Dark Cornish cross now. They were out of NN but will have more June 1. Better I wait anyways. Hope they have straight run then. Only roosters last time.

 

[DesertChic]

Really curious about Dark Cornish cross now. They were out of NN but will have more June 1. Better I wait anyways. Hope they have straight run then. Only roosters last time.

I hope to perform this cross one day as well.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Me, too!

In general, I have found them to be pretty friendly, and tough. I think of them as the labradors of the chicken world. My Cream Legbars are the cats...

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