Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Turk Raphael]

The whites I have are pure white, small bowties. I already have white chickens with my giants, never been a fan of white chickens, only reason I have white giants is I hear white feathers make for a cleaner carcass, IDK, never saw or tasted the difference. And I like the white giants cause it seems no one else has them, I like to be different. I don't know anybody that has naked necks around here, hopefully they are as cold hardy as I've heard (we can get subzero, -20 below windchill, coops wind free though, still well vented, no problems with straight combs) , asked about it on your dad's thread 'how can they be cold hardy?', DesertChic responded "Because they are awesome!".......Lol! I'll find out....Three yrs ago, super bad winter, next was super bad also, three months of subzero, leghorns and polish lived, hopefully these NN do, last winter was mild, El Nino gives us mild winters here. Hot here in summers, 95 for awhile, and super humid, thank God we got some rain....

I grew up with RIRs, all my dad ever had, so probably influences me on color. I just really like the color of that rooster. black and red/partridge I love that. That's the color I'm shooting for on these NNs.

The NNs are cold hardy!

 

[chickengr]

How's everyone doing. This thread has been quite for a few days.
Still feeding and taking care of mine. its extremely hot here. It's been being in the nineties, but you have to factor in the humidity so the temps have been feeling up into the hundreds. I think one day they said it was high enough that it felt like a hundred and thirteen.

Havent lost anymore chickens due to the heat, so that's good.

fighting with heat and health issues. canker is back, some of teenagers have runny eyes and god know what else. but no more losses so far. my NN pullet choco got pecked, has a hole on her neck. possibly a fly or mosquito landed there as they don't really peck each other.

 

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[Liddy]

I got three NNs in a Cackle Hatchery Surprise Package in late May. They are growing on me but I have some trepidation about the bitter winters we get here, as in -30F real temp. I was pleasantly surprised with the Egyptian Fayoumis doing so well last winter, what with their slender bodies. Are the NNs likely to do as well? I've put a group of 6 Polish up for sale in the county classifieds and I was wondering if I should do the same, but downstate, for the NNs.

Since everyone likes to oogle pics of their favorite breeds, here are a few pics of the NNs I have.

The baby pic, from about 3 weeks after hatch




Another baby pic, from about 3 weeks after hatch

 

[draye]

I got three NNs in a Cackle Hatchery Surprise Package in late May. They are growing on me but I have some trepidation about the bitter winters we get here, as in -30F real temp. I was pleasantly surprised with the Egyptian Fayoumis doing so well last winter, what with their slender bodies. Are the NNs likely to do as well? I've put a group of 6 Polish up for sale in the county classifieds and I was wondering if I should do the same, but downstate, for the NNs. Since everyone likes to oogle pics of their favorite breeds, here are a few pics of the NNs I have.

The baby pic, from about 3 weeks after hatch Another baby pic, from about 3 weeks after hatch

We have some pretty low temps here in Arkansas, but I'm not sure they're that low. I haven't had any issues with mine. There may have been an exception or two sling the way because not all bird are the same even within the breed. I think you'll enjoy them quite well. My flock contains Cackle blood.

 

[ForrestGump]

My first blue copper Turken. I'm beyond excited!

 

[chickengr]

My first blue copper Turken. I'm beyond excited!

so adorable

 

[draye]

@Kev or anyone that can answer this.

I have 2 young pullets that are a Blue Birchen. They are out of a Blue Red hen. They have to be because she was the only one in the run that could produce the blue color. Now that said, the chicks are by two different roosters. The first one by the Cinnamon NN rooster and the second by the Golden Partridge rooster. Okay now the question, How would I go about getting a Blue Birchen rooster to hatch? I thinking in color close to the Blue Isbar.

These are so nice looking and cool coloring.

 

[Turk Raphael]

@Kev or anyone that can answer this.

I have 2 young pullets that are a Blue Birchen. They are out of a Blue Red hen. They have to be because she was the only one in the run that could produce the blue color. Now that said, the chicks are by two different roosters. The first one by the Cinnamon NN rooster and the second by the Golden Partridge rooster. Okay now the question, How would I go about getting a Blue Birchen rooster to hatch? I thinking in color close to the Blue Isbar.

These are so nice looking and cool coloring.

I'll be interested in seeing this answered. Never plan on working with these colors but the subject is very interesting!

 

[Kev]

@Kev or anyone that can answer this.

I have 2 young pullets that are a Blue Birchen. They are out of a Blue Red hen. They have to be because she was the only one in the run that could produce the blue color. Now that said, the chicks are by two different roosters. The first one by the Cinnamon NN rooster and the second by the Golden Partridge rooster. Okay now the question, How would I go about getting a Blue Birchen rooster to hatch? I thinking in color close to the Blue Isbar.

These are so nice looking and cool coloring.

Birchen is easy-ish, as it's the second most dominant basic chicken pattern. If you don't want to produce things like partridge chicks, the easiest route would be breeding with another birchen or black chicken. Then either all or at least 75% of the chicks would come out black and growing up with variable amounts of "birchen pattern".

If you don't have a black/birchen roo, then either of those roosters mentioned above would work, except the chicks would come out half black, half partridge or columbian(if I remember what your Cinnamon looked like).