Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Fire Ant Farm]

Way to go Dolly Mama!!!!!

 

[chickengr]

Someone on another thread suggested that it was an indication of a possible deformity that could actually lead to fertility issues/difficulty mating and/or difficulty laying eggs... (I can't comment from experience.)

- Ant Farm

my bcm hen with wry tail is extremely good layer and I hatched 3 chicks from her eggs. that's why I will keep the cockerel, his daughters will be good layers, too (should be).

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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That's great to hear!!!

 

[ForrestGump]

My BCM cockerel has wry tail too. Must be something with the breed. He was fine when he was younger, but I just noticed it the other day. Luckily all the pullets seem to be normal.

When we processed out Turken I skinned her, so I guess the "good flavor" didn't get included in the soup. I'm not really a meat eater as it is. I mostly like the chickens for their personalities and the eggs.

 

[chickengr]

My BCM cockerel has wry tail too. Must be something with the breed. He was fine when he was younger, but I just noticed it the other day. Luckily all the pullets seem to be normal.

When we processed out Turken I skinned her, so I guess the "good flavor" didn't get included in the soup. I'm not really a meat eater as it is. I mostly like the chickens for their personalities and the eggs.

me too. I still feed dogs when my chickens die.

 

[Kev]

Is this rooster s true Brown Red?

Brown Red is of those hobby names given to a couple genetically different colors... you could describe him as such or a gold or red birchen- some brown reds are simply gold birchens, so...


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That will be a hard one, figuring out which hen. The pullet is proof the roo is not pure for birchen. as for leg color, her legs could be yellow only because she did not get the birchen gene. Same goes for the cockerels- if they didn;t get birchen, it's very likely they would have had yellow or white legs.

One helpful clue could be if all hens except one had white skin then the chances are "pretty good" the yellow legged hen could be the mother but the white skins could be carriers so that is not fool proof.

The father of this cockerel was completely solid black, mother black freedom ranger was either a solid black or birchen(just white lacing on neck), I will admit to being a little surprised but all it did was prove both the rooster and the black freedoms were carrying dark brown/partridge.. also because he is golden, it was also proof the solid black father was gold:

 

[Kev]

Not NN but this one has me thinking of Paint NN...... her mother lays green eggs, hope she does too.






Tried to get a picture showing how short her legs are but she was not cooperating... right after this she fell over for sun bathing and would not quit..

 

[draye]

Brown Red is of those hobby names given to a couple genetically different colors... you could describe him as such or a gold or red birchen- some brown reds are simply gold birchens, so... That will be a hard one, figuring out which hen. The pullet is proof the roo is not pure for birchen. as for leg color, her legs could be yellow only because she did not get the birchen gene. Same goes for the cockerels- if they didn;t get birchen, it's very likely they would have had yellow or white legs. One helpful clue could be if all hens except one had white skin then the chances are "pretty good" the yellow legged hen could be the mother but the white skins could be carriers so that is not fool proof. The father of this cockerel was completely solid black, mother black freedom ranger was either a solid black or birchen(just white lacing on neck), I will admit to being a little surprised but all it did was prove both the rooster and the black freedoms were carrying dark brown/partridge.. also because he is golden, it was also proof the solid black father was gold:

Red Birchen sounds a lot better to me, haga. Thanks for the info.

 

[ForrestGump]

me too. I still feed dogs when my chickens die.

My little Araucana chick that wouldn't eat is doing better now.

 

[nchvac]

One of my 5 week old NN RIR chicks was dead this morning. Not only that they ate it's head- looked like it had been cut off. Upon review of the flock I noticed the little white ones butting up to the others, so in their own pen they go and I will let them settle it out themselves, and then it is literally "winner winner, chicken for dinner".
The white ones are a White Leghorn/NN cross. I have had trouble with the Leghorn Cockerels before, but that was over 25 years ago and I forgot they were like this. That time I would come home everyday to find a dead chicken. I finally figured out the alpha cockerel was killing the other cockerels. I was only 14 then and there was no internet, so no one to tell me like now.

These genes are not something I want in my flock. I came in here immediately and took the white eggs out of the incubator I started up this morning. I guess the NN was probably a cockerel and being NN was more docile and got picked on I assume. I have never seen any problems out of this group until this morning and now I am seeing feather picking and all of that foolishness. Oh, the feeder was full so it wasn't a hunger issue.