Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[bramblefir]

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 think I have the same list.....

 

[Kev]

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

Haha yes taste the same too..

Try serving fibro birds..... partly fun partly

 

[draye]

A few pictures today: calling them two weeks old.

These two photos are from the Cinnamon NN rooster out of the Black and Blue NN hens ( 1 of each color). They all look like they're all black, I see no blue look to any. There is one that looks like it may be a Birchen.

Here another chick from the same run. In addition to the blue and black hen there is a white NN hen and a silver NN hen. This chick has a red look to it. Can't figure out which hen it came from except maybe the Siver hen? @Kev. Is that possible? The rooster does have a reddish cast over his Columbian color.

More here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...a-mottled-naked-neck-thread/360#post_17569505 And the post above.

And some here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/939680/green-egger-naked-neck-thread/270#post_17607477

 

[Kev]

@draye ahhh so nice to finally get a handle on that

The light colored chick could be from any of the hens, even the black or blue ones. Black is dominant over everything else- partridge wheaten red duckwing... I would not even try to guess they were my own birds either.

I have a line of blacks, even after several generations of not breeding any partridges, it still shows up occasionally even from black parents with no color leakage. If there was a single rooster, that can be used to as proof he is a carrier.. but no real way of figuring out which one or more of 4-6 hens with him are carriers.

Last year bred a jet black hen from above line with an unrelated rooster, also jet black from two generations of black only breeding here. They were the only birds in the pen.. surprised me with a couple partridges and whites.

 

[draye]

@draye
  ahhh so nice to finally get a handle on that

The light colored chick could be from any of the hens, even the black or blue ones.  Black is dominant over everything else- partridge wheaten red duckwing...  I would not even try to guess they were my own birds either.

I have a line of blacks, even after several generations of not breeding any partridges, it still shows up occasionally even from black parents with no color leakage.  If there was a single rooster, that can be used to as proof he is a carrier.. but no real way of figuring out which one or more of 4-6 hens with him are carriers. 

Last year bred a jet black hen from above line with an unrelated rooster, also jet black from two generations of black only breeding here. They were the only birds in the pen.. surprised me with a couple partridges and whites.

Kind of what I thought. But red, I really expected no red from any of the hens in there.

There were actually 6 hens in the run but 1 laid a green egg so I isolated her eggs from the rest and all babies are marked with leg ties.

Thanks for your input though. I'll just mark them as a mixed hen line.

 

[Kev]

Yeah it can be hard sometimes even with just two hens. Have a bunch of pullets right now with this sort of case..

One hen is Nn and lays green eggs. The other is NN, lays tinted and is blue(feathered).

roo is white cx. Most of the pullets are white or barred. the only ones I could be sure of were the nn ones, if they lay a green egg or if they are a blue.. as for the rest, won't be sure on.

Black will cover up red very well. also white if recessive white. It's also possible your roo is a dark red but the silver gene kept it mostly hidden so it could be the red came from him not the hens.

 

[chickengr]

A few pictures today: calling them two weeks old.





These two photos are from the Cinnamon NN rooster out of the Black and Blue NN hens ( 1 of each color). They all look like they're all black, I see no blue look to any. There is one that looks like it may be a Birchen.



Here another chick from the same run. In addition to the blue and black hen there is a white NN hen and a silver NN hen. This chick has a red look to it. Can't figure out which hen it came from except maybe the Siver hen? @Kev . Is that possible? The rooster does have a reddish cast over his Columbian color.

More here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...a-mottled-naked-neck-thread/360#post_17569505 And the post above.

And some here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/939680/green-egger-naked-neck-thread/270#post_17607477

cuties!

 

[draye]

Eleven days with no one posting on the NN thread? That'll never do. Ha ha.

@Kev

I'm trying to decide on my breeding pens/runs for this coming spring. I'm listing what I'll have available for breeding, I need advise on what to put ( hen) with what ( rooster).

Here is what I have for roosters:
01). Cinnamon (Columbian with red cast).
02) Calico
03). Red Mottled ( not a lot of mottling)
04). Mottled Partridge ( full brother to above rooster).
05). Red Wing Black ( red leakage on a black).
06). Cream Partridge.
07). Spangled Aloha (edited this one, decided to keep him another season).
All the above are Naked Necks except where noted.

Here's a list of the hens.
RED GROUP
7 Red hens.
1 Speckled hen ( like a Speckled Sussex color).
1Blue Tailed Red.

BLACK/BLUE GROUP
3 Black hens
2 Blue hens
1 Blue Mottled hen

WHITE GROUP
3 White hens
1 Black Tailed White

BIRCHEN GROUP
1 Birchen
1 Blue Birchen

BLACK/BLUE COPPER GROUP
5 Black Gold hens
2 Blue Red hens
2 Blue Gold hens

I have the Partridge Groups divided into two groups
Partridge/Mottled Partridge Group:
3 Mottled Partridge hens
3 Partridge hens

The Other Partridge Group
2 Silver Partridge
1Silver ( as in like a Silver Leghorn)
3 Red Partridge hens ( actually Red Sex Linked cross)

I'm trying to avoid too much inbreeding. I've already done some.

Goals are trying to keep a line of Birchen, Red ( Cslico), Mottled Partridge, Black and White. I'd still like to use all to keep lines from becoming to inbred, but most are a little kin to each other anyway.

 

[Pensmaster]

Eleven days with no one posting on the NN thread? That'll never do. Ha ha.



I'm trying to decide on my breeding pens/runs for this coming spring. I'm listing what I'll have available for breeding, I need advise on what to put ( hen) with what ( rooster).

Here is what I have for roosters:
01). Cinnamon (Columbian with red cast).
02) Calico
03). Red Mottled ( not a lot of mottling)
04). Mottled Partridge ( full brother to above rooster).
05). Red Wing Black ( red leakage on a black).
06). Cream Partridge.
07). Red Birchen ( Olive Egger).
All the above are Naked Necks except where noted.

Here's a list of the hens.
RED GROUP
7 Red hens.
1 Speckled hen ( like a Speckled Sussex color).
1Blue Tailed Red.

BLACK/BLUE GROUP
3 Black hens
2 Blue hens
1 Blue Mottled hen

WHITE GROUP
3 White hens
1 Black Tailed White

BIRCHEN GROUP
1 Birchen
1 Blue Birchen

BLACK/BLUE COPPER GROUP
5 Black Gold hens
2 Blue Red hens
2 Blue Gold hens

I have the Partridge Groups divided into two groups
Partridge/Mottled Partridge Group:
3 Mottled Partridge hens
3 Partridge hens

The Other Partridge Group
2 Silver Partridge
1Silver ( as in like a Silver Leghorn)
3 Red Partridge hens ( actually Red Sex Linked cross)

I'm trying to avoid too much inbreeding. I've already done some.

Goals are trying to keep a line of Birchen, Red ( Cslico), Mottled Partridge, Black and White. I'd still like to use all to keep lines from becoming to inbred, but most are a little kin to each other anyway.

That's really ambitious Draye. I don't know about genetics but I do have a question. The NN I bought as chicks first part of June are now getting up there. I also got the Dark Cornish hens. But they seem very small almost bantam . I've not weighed them so maybe it's a optical illusion. Both are supposed to be good egg layers. Would this be a good cross or just forget about it. Thanks.

These are the two best I received from the feed store MM is the hatchery.

 

[GabrielBane]

I'm super excited to take notes on all the genetics talks that are about to happen!