Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kev]

Surprised at the pure whites, looks like cackle does some of their own NN breeding as they look slightly different from the typical hatchery NN. The white rooster looks so proud and handsome.

 

[DesertChic]

The few Cackle NNs I kept for breeding. Just a few, will be plenty in the spring though. See what they hatch out

You got those from Cackle? Even the white ones? If I had known I could get white from them I probably would've ordered some. It would have eliminated at least one project from my never-ending-always-changing-wouldn't-it-be-cool-if...list.

 

[draye]

The few Cackle NNs I kept for breeding. Just a few, will be plenty in the spring though. See what they hatch out

Nice looking bunch of NN's. How old are they now? They look pretty big for hatchery birds, what I'm thinking their age is. Mine weren't bad but they weren't real big either.

 

[WPFarmstead]

Nice looking bunch of NN's. How old are they now? They look pretty big for hatchery birds, what I'm thinking their age is. Mine weren't bad but they weren't real big either.

My cackle NN's aren't that big. My hens are about half again as big as my banty NN I got locally.

 

[Beer can]

Surprised at the pure whites, looks like cackle does some of their own NN breeding as they look slightly different from the typical hatchery NN. The white rooster looks so proud and handsome.

Wasn't going to keep the whites initially, already have white birds with the white giants, I actually prefer colored birds, just really love my white giant's, changed my mind when I realized how nice they looked and had thought they would probably be the best for a cross with cornishX. The pullet looks real promising on size compared to the rest of the pullets, she had the best size of all the pullets, the cockerel probably was the smallest of the cockerels but I agree, looks real proud, puffs his chest out nice and has nice legs, great body shape, almost game bird like, just not as big as the others. You can't see it from the pic but he does have a little discolor on his last wing feathers, otherwise pure white and I haven't seen any discolored feathers on the pullet.

You got those from Cackle? Even the white ones? If I had known I could get white from them I probably would've ordered some. It would have eliminated at least one project from my never-ending-always-changing-wouldn't-it-be-cool-if...list.

I only got two out of 15.

Nice looking bunch of NN's. How old are they now? They look pretty big for hatchery birds, what I'm thinking their age is. Mine weren't bad but they weren't real big either.

Got them May 21, I know that much, so I think 19 weeks?

My cackle NN's aren't that big. My hens are about half again as big as my banty NN I got locally.

Half of mine were not big out of 15. why I decided to cull the majority, a few pullets were very small compared to the cockerels. I culled all with big bow ties on the pullets cutting it down to the only two on coloreds that had no bow tie, a couple red buffs had size, maybe bigger than the two I kept, but huge bow ties, a few pullets had puny little tiny necks and not very big on body. Didn't weigh them, you could see it, very small. I had a couple black roosters (pure black but last wing feather white...) that were as big as the red black that I kept, real nice size, just liked him better.

 

[Beer can]

Wow, lovely birds! It's definitely re-assuring to see that the Cackle NNs grow up to be of nice quality. How are their temperament?

Never had them before, seem alright so far. The pullets really calm not 'flighty' at all. The red black cockerel did go after my four yr old the other day, not uncommon for hatchery birds, they don't breed for temperament. It was a hit, and run, so can't say bad yet on him, wasn't aggressive, just wasn't happy with that. Time will tell. I'm a little shell shocked by a favorite hatchery Wellsummer rooster I had a few yrs ago, loved the guy, kids loved him, turned out to be a man killer. Swore off buying hatchery birds after him. This instance of aggressiveness I can forgive if it is the only one, see what happens down the road. Under the circumstances of trying to wrangle the whole flock back into the coop when they ALL escaped and having no help, and enlisting the 4yr old boy to cut off them at the flank and round them back around, little guy did a great job and we got them back in, he was slightly wounded in the struggle by the errant cockerel, held them up like a trooper though!!!

 

[chickengr]

The few Cackle NNs I kept for breeding. Just a few, will be plenty in the spring though. See what they hatch out

nice colours, pretty birds.

 

[DesertChic]

Never had them before, seem alright so far. The pullets really calm not 'flighty' at all. The red black cockerel did go after my four yr old the other day, not uncommon for hatchery birds, they don't breed for temperament. It was a hit, and run, so can't say bad yet on him, wasn't aggressive, just wasn't happy with that. Time will tell. I'm a little shell shocked by a favorite hatchery Wellsummer rooster I had a few yrs ago, loved the guy, kids loved him, turned out to be a man killer. Swore off buying hatchery birds after him. This instance of aggressiveness I can forgive if it is the only one, see what happens down the road. Under the circumstances of trying to wrangle the whole flock back into the coop when they ALL escaped and having no help, and enlisting the 4yr old boy to cut off them at the flank and round them back around, little guy did a great job and we got them back in, he was slightly wounded in the struggle by the errant cockerel, held them up like a trooper though!!!

Kudos to your boy! He must be a chip off the ole block.

 

[Kev]

Wasn't going to keep the whites initially, already have white birds with the white giants, I actually prefer colored birds, just really love my white giant's, changed my mind when I realized how nice they looked and had thought they would probably be the best for a cross with cornishX. The pullet looks real promising on size compared to the rest of the pullets, she had the best size of all the pullets, the cockerel probably was the smallest of the cockerels but I agree, looks real proud, puffs his chest out nice and has nice legs, great body shape, almost game bird like, just not as big as the others.

Half of mine were not big out of 15. why I decided to cull the majority, a few pullets were very small compared to the cockerels. I culled all with big bow ties on the pullets cutting it down to the only two on coloreds that had no bow tie, a couple red buffs had size, maybe bigger than the two I kept, but huge bow ties, a few pullets had puny little tiny necks and not very big on body. Didn't weigh them, you could see it, very small. I had a couple black roosters (pure black but last wing feather white...) that were as big as the red black that I kept, real nice size, just liked him better.

Yeah white is good for clear skin, too many people are bothered by color on the skin, shrug,,,

Breeding chickens likes to do that to you- throw things like a bird great in some regards but lacking in others.. what to do... ahhhh!

The hatchery NN picked up at the feed store last year or so seemed rather small to me. Ended up culling all of them except for one hen. She went broody and let her hatch eggs from other birds.. the other day was looking at them and noticed the pullet is already bigger than her.. can't remember her age, she is not close to POL yet.

Will say the hatchery hen is a great layer though and her eggs are nice sized- big eggs if you take her size in account. Her eggs are bigger than her pen mate barbezieux's eggs.

 

[Beer can]

Yeah white is good for clear skin, too many people are bothered by color on the skin, shrug,,,

Yeah, doesn't bother me either. Actually the colored NN I processed had no dark pin feathers, plucked pretty clean. Same with people preferring yellow skin, I had some white skinned sussex awhile back, little dry rub, roast them up, all look the same :-D