Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[DesertChic]

@WPFarmstead That would be very much appreciated!



I'm very excited by this surprise, I had mentioned I wanted a creative side-project with the naked necks since we decided on them over Swedish Flowers~ This is going to be a very fun spring, with all these chicks running about!

Just please remember to post LOTS of photos so we can live vicariously through you.

Baby chicks make the world a much happier place!

 

[DesertChic]

Hello! I'm new to NN's, looking at bringing three hens home in a couple days. However, my only rooster is a RIR. I have looked through this thread for pictures or information on NNxRIR and haven't been able to find a picture. Would these two breed out well? Does anyone have a picture to share, or can direct me to one? I'm also wondering how the cross would turn out as a dual purpose bird? The other hens I cureently have are BO, and one Leghorn (I had two...). Thanks for any information!

Well, I confess to being totally biased but I tend to think a little NN in the blood improves every breed.

The NN + BO cross will create a really nice bird. I have a Na/Orpington-mixed hen that I crossed with one of my pure NNs and so far I LOVE the result. (Sorry, I dont' have experience with RIRs.) This is their "love child".


It's not a great photo, but the boys weren't being too cooperative during their photo session.

He's the one in the center of the photo.

 

[Jeannej]

I'm new to this also, I have a beautiful black NN pullet and a white cochin rooster. Any one know what their babies would look like

 

[DesertChic]

I'm new to this also, I have a beautiful black NN pullet and a white cochin rooster. Any one know what their babies would look like

@Kev Most white Cochins are recessive white, aren't they?

I think the offspring will be mostly black with maybe a few splashes of color. Here's a fun color genetics calculator you can play around with:

http://www.mechelsekoekoek.com/breedbook/?action=geneticscalculator

 

[Kev]

Ya got it, @DesertChic on both recessive white and chicks most likely being black

There are three main genes for leg feathering, two are basically semi dominant and one recessive. Crosses have leg feathering, how much they get varies a lot.. generally a thin line down the leg.


I still haven't figured out the @ thing. What is it for exactly- to get attention in a message or does it send a notification of some sort(I don't get anything?). Feeling so unhip now....

 

[Kev]

thank you for this great information. I googled Drimia maritima and found out that the pine forest where I pick up the pine needles is full of them. I am going to bring some and plant around here as I have rats around me,

Pretty cool. they are very expensive over here. a friend has a farm with them as the main cash crop.

bring a shovel as their bulbs are huge- coconut size or bigger. If you want them to flower at your place, try to get as much of their fleshy roots if you can but they will be fine without the roots, just might not want to flower for a couple years afterwards.

when planting, the top of bulb needs to be at or slightly above ground.

 

[Jeannej]

Thanks guys, my other rooster is rir, I have two nn a black and yellow, I think they are beautiful.

 

[DesertChic]

Ya got it, @DesertChic on both recessive white and chicks most likely being black

There are three main genes for leg feathering, two are basically semi dominant and one recessive. Crosses have leg feathering, how much they get varies a lot.. generally a thin line down the leg.


I still haven't figured out the @ thing. What is it for exactly- to get attention in a message or does it send a notification of some sort(I don't get anything?). Feeling so unhip now....

If you put the @ before another BYC member's name, it gives them a notification to the fact that they were mentioned in the thread. That way people like me know that their ears are burning for a reason.

 

[DesertChic]

I'm noticing a very interesting trend among my NN girls. Many of my pure NN hens/pullets tend to run on the small side, but they lay very large eggs anyway. My little hen, Princess, barely tops 4 lbs, but her eggs are consistently 2.3 ounces or higher and even though she's in heavy, heavy molt, she's still giving me 4-5 of those eggs per week. And she doesn't seem to be in any way worse for wear for it... friendly, happy and active. Most of my NN hybrids also lay very large eggs, but some of my hybrid girls weigh as much as 7-8 lbs and are laying the same size eggs as my "petite" pures. It just amazes me that something bordering on bantam size could provide such enormous eggs compared to their body size.

 

[Kev]

If you put the @ before another BYC member's name, it gives them a notification to the fact that they were mentioned in the thread. That way people like me know that their ears are burning for a reason.

@DesertChic

OH I see it now... looks like I type too fast and never noticed the pull down menu that starts after @ This time I made a typo and had to scroll back and the drop down menu finally got a chance to show up... my previous attempts were all typing out the name without seeing/using the drop down menu like this @DesertChic while slowing down and choosing from the drop down gives me this.... @DesertChic