Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Poor baby - glad she laid it. Hope she feels better soon - keep us posted.

I've been working on trimming the lowest branches of my huge red oak today (it's a VERY large specimen, and the lower branches were dipping to about 3 feet off the ground). Glad to have it done and no longer have to duck to walk around under it (which is where all the chickens are). I kept one big branch long and for fun stuck it in the Naked Neck pen as a low perch for them to play on. They like it. (In the last photo you can see little porcupine Sweetie, coming back into feather.)








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[MasAhora]

Hi Kev
A few days on and the naked neck is the bravest.... you may be on to something! Little NN was the first to perch, swing and catch a flying insect!

 

[DesertChic]

Hi Kev
A few days on and the naked neck is the bravest.... you may be on to something! Little NN was the first to perch, swing and catch a flying insect!

I think you'll continue to be impressed with your little NN. They're so very smart, active and friendly!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Hi Kev
A few days on and the naked neck is the bravest.... you may be on to something! Little NN was the first to perch, swing and catch a flying insect!

Sounds about right for a NN chick!

 

[MasAhora]

Fascinating, I thought NN was a fault.... what ya learn on the go!!!!!!! Thanks folks, the comments have done wonders for me and in turn the chicks. Amazing how a little positive feedback helps.

 

[GabrielBane]

First day on our 4 acres. Got the NNs set up in a new temp XXL moving box form home depot (I couldn't sell their fully feathered siblings...so they needed a little boost in space.), I am honestly so in love with these little guys. I cannot wait to get more.

 

[Phill98]

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This rooster's tail is over the top! Love it

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

@Kev - quick down color question.

I want to hatch eggs from the Naked Neck girls in with Snape (black downed as baby) in the same batch as the GNH girls with Tank. I think I'm ok with just knowing the sire/coop the chicks came from (not individual parings with this group). Will all of Snape's babies be likely to have black down? (Vs. Tank's babies being yellow?) It would make sorting the chicks easier...

I think you remember them (which amazes me!), but for the sake of the discussion:

Snape (he's in with three nearly black girls, three buff girls, and one lone hatchery New Hampshire):
As a chick (earliest I found was 3 weeks, but in my notes, easy on he had white bits on face and wing):


At 20 weeks:



Tank (in with the GNHs - if they ever start laying!!!)
At 2.5 weeks (standing on edge of the metal bowl, he was totally yellow as a baby) - Snape is actually the black chick to the left):


As adult:


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[chickengr]

@Kev - quick down color question.

I want to hatch eggs from the Naked Neck girls in with Snape (black downed as baby) in the same batch as the GNH girls with Tank. I think I'm ok with just knowing the sire/coop the chicks came from (not individual parings with this group). Will all of Snape's babies be likely to have black down? (Vs. Tank's babies being yellow?) It would make sorting the chicks easier...

I think you remember them (which amazes me!), but for the sake of the discussion:

Snape (he's in with three nearly black girls, three buff girls, and one lone hatchery New Hampshire):
As a chick (earliest I found was 3 weeks, but in my notes, easy on he had white bits on face and wing):


At 20 weeks:



Tank (in with the GNHs - if they ever start laying!!!)
At 2.5 weeks (standing on edge of the metal bowl, he was totally yellow as a baby) - Snape is actually the black chick to the left):


As adult:


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snape looks like black copper which would be dominant. but with mixed coloured chickens I wonder if anything is really dominant.

 

[ChiknKrazy]

Hi There everyone,
sorry to cut in on this thread but I have a few questions about the Naked Neck Turken.
Question 1: I've read where they are also called Transylvanian Naked Necks, I've been trying to figure out which egg color they lay? do they lay your average brown egg or the tinted pink-like? I've been told that they do both and am quite confused because the internet say otherwise that they lay the average brown egg.
Question 2: what size are Turken eggs? there are so many answers floating around that I never know which one is true.
Question 2: How big are Turkens? someone said there's got to about 8 pounds and another said theirs were 7 in a half to six pounds. That being said I couldn't really get a definite answer and so I was hoping someone could tell me.
I am hoping to purchase some turken chicks early spring and so I was wanting to learn as much as I can, I love strange and awkward breeds that stand out and this is one of the breeds that caught my attention, immediately I was drawn to them.