Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[tcobbs]

Electro is Magnifico! What a beauty!

 

[Pensmaster]

If he lets you handle him, lift up his wings and check out the feathering under them and towards the back of the thighs. My lease feathered NN rooster has plenty of exposed skin under his wings, along the front of his thighs, and on his bum. Processing the birds is when you really notice the reduction in feathers, especially if you have experience processing fully feathered birds. This is the last NN I processed. You can see the blush on the flesh where the feathering was thinner and the skin more exposed to sunlight.

Thank you I'll try and catch him although the days of getting even close to him are over. There's a hen that's friendly but has never let me pick her up. Doing so might get the attention of the rooster. I'll see if I can first look closer before picking up. Nice job of processing.

 

[Pensmaster]

Like DesertChic posted, all my hatchery naked necks looked pretty much fully feathered except for the neck. The feathers pretty much just covered their body, if you dig into them you'll find they are very naked all around, just have strips of feathers that cover up all the naked parts.

Thank you I'm going to try and observe what you showed me.

 

[DesertChic]

Ok, Y'all. I have two posts I'm going to out together... first:

I'm gonna throw this out there... I am a terrible hatcher. However... some people just love to hatch. Anybody that wants to hatch (please... standard size or XL's only...) but doesn't have room for growing I will take them and happily pay shipping.

Hubby bought my coop for Christmas!! Will be delivered in 4-6 weeks. I'll have plenty of room!


Second: I have a question and a giggle for you. Last spring Mothergoose sent me some hatching eggs on a trade. I am afraid I am A terrible hatcher... (see part A). So, we only got one little rooster. His name was Peep at first, but he eventually become Pete. Now he is crowing fairly strong, and learning to take care of his (2) hens. So... my 18mo old grandbaby is a total corker. His favorite thing in the world is swinging sticks... at everything, everyone, or nothing, or Noone. A couple of weeks ago Pete was escorting me to the feed room and decided my ankles needed "attention". Yep... he flogged me. The first time he hit me I didn't register what he'd done, as he had NEVER EVER offered any behavior like that before. But, a couple of minutes later he came at me again. This time I saw him and bounced him off my foot. (Not hard enough to hurt him, but hard enough to launch him back off me). He fluffed up and went to eating with his girls. He has done that to each of the grown-ups ONCE and with the same response. Hasn't offered a second time. Fast forward to this past Monday. The munchkin was swinging his stick... closer amd closer to the hens... I had made several redirection and specifically told him that Pete didn't like people bothering the biddies. Said munchkin is stubborn... pretty soon sure enough, here comes Pete. He did NOT scratch, flap, spur, etc... cause any injury. However, he hit the stubborn munchkin in the chest with his chest, knocked him down. I went to the ruckus and "launched" Pete off the stubborn munchkin, picked Stubborn Munchkin up and chased Pete around the yard until he got tired and went in the roost.

Here is the giggle... I now had Pete all fluffed in the pen, dejected for being scolded for protecting his ladies and stubborn munchkin mad because he was now not willing to get close to the pen to swing his stick. He stood about 25 feet away jabbering at Pete around his Paci and I am pretty sure if he could talk he would have been repeating his Paw's construction language. For those about to say "kill the mean Rooster"... don't worry, if he is indeed mean I'll have to stand in line behind Stubborn Munchkin's Mama and Paw. However, at this point I am inclined to believe that Pete is A. A young Roo learning his job, and B. Stubborn Munchkin needed to understand the Rooster should be respected. Pete has not bothered anyone since then, and has been given every opportunity to act up. Stubborn Munchkin does not venture close to the hens with his stick... I'll update if the saga continues. Now the question(s)... in hindsight, do you think our Pete is mean, or just a teenager learning his role? And... did I handle the situation ok?

That's a tough one. I've had a handful of mean roosters start out as you described and get invited to dinner, but I've also had many young cockerels coming into their own that behaved much the way you described and eventually developed a healthy appreciation and respect for us, their humans, and never attacked again. BUT....we don't have young children around and never created the kind of antagonistic environment you described, and a "predator-sized" rambunctious child swinging a stick near the hens is most definitely an antagonistic environment. Even my friendliest, most affectionate roosters...and I have several of them that literally hop in my lap to be cuddled...would react sternly if not aggressively to that situation. It sounds like a very good learning opportunity for your grandchild to teach him that swinging the stick is okay, but not around the chickens. As far as the rooster is concerned, time will tell. At this point it may go on the defensive as soon as it sees your grandbaby since he already associates the child with being a threat to the hens.

What breed is the rooster?

 

[tcobbs]

He is a Naked Neck.

He hasn't offered to be especially defensive, but... Stubborn Munchkin alsp has not been swing his sticks in close proximity either. He and I feed every morning, and have since been in the yard to play several times while the chickens free-range. Pete was hand raised (literally, grew up on my daughter's shoulder or in her hand most of the time as he was the only chick to hatch and was very lonely)...He has been petted and handled by the grandbaby since he was just hatched... always closely supervised. So, lots of positive interaction prior to this. He's tolerant of the baby throwing feed a little too hard, taking the feed practically out of their beaks, petting less gentle than an adult... basically, being a toddler. He just said "you will NOT swing sticks at my girls, you little nitwit!"... and I said "you will NOT flog my Grandbaby, young Roo!". So far... a truce seems to be in place.

 

[chickengr]

Ok, Y'all. I have two posts I'm going to out together... first:

I'm gonna throw this out there... I am a terrible hatcher. However... some people just love to hatch. Anybody that wants to hatch (please... standard size or XL's only...) but doesn't have room for growing I will take them and happily pay shipping.

Hubby bought my coop for Christmas!! Will be delivered in 4-6 weeks. I'll have plenty of room!


Second: I have a question and a giggle for you. Last spring Mothergoose sent me some hatching eggs on a trade. I am afraid I am A terrible hatcher... (see part A). So, we only got one little rooster. His name was Peep at first, but he eventually become Pete. Now he is crowing fairly strong, and learning to take care of his (2) hens. So... my 18mo old grandbaby is a total corker. His favorite thing in the world is swinging sticks... at everything, everyone, or nothing, or Noone. A couple of weeks ago Pete was escorting me to the feed room and decided my ankles needed "attention". Yep... he flogged me. The first time he hit me I didn't register what he'd done, as he had NEVER EVER offered any behavior like that before. But, a couple of minutes later he came at me again. This time I saw him and bounced him off my foot. (Not hard enough to hurt him, but hard enough to launch him back off me). He fluffed up and went to eating with his girls. He has done that to each of the grown-ups ONCE and with the same response. Hasn't offered a second time. Fast forward to this past Monday. The munchkin was swinging his stick... closer amd closer to the hens... I had made several redirection and specifically told him that Pete didn't like people bothering the biddies. Said munchkin is stubborn... pretty soon sure enough, here comes Pete. He did NOT scratch, flap, spur, etc... cause any injury. However, he hit the stubborn munchkin in the chest with his chest, knocked him down. I went to the ruckus and "launched" Pete off the stubborn munchkin, picked Stubborn Munchkin up and chased Pete around the yard until he got tired and went in the roost.

Here is the giggle... I now had Pete all fluffed in the pen, dejected for being scolded for protecting his ladies and stubborn munchkin mad because he was now not willing to get close to the pen to swing his stick. He stood about 25 feet away jabbering at Pete around his Paci and I am pretty sure if he could talk he would have been repeating his Paw's construction language. For those about to say "kill the mean Rooster"... don't worry, if he is indeed mean I'll have to stand in line behind Stubborn Munchkin's Mama and Paw. However, at this point I am inclined to believe that Pete is A. A young Roo learning his job, and B. Stubborn Munchkin needed to understand the Rooster should be respected. Pete has not bothered anyone since then, and has been given every opportunity to act up. Stubborn Munchkin does not venture close to the hens with his stick... I'll update if the saga continues. Now the question(s)... in hindsight, do you think our Pete is mean, or just a teenager learning his role? And... did I handle the situation ok?

I think pete is not mean. roos peck our shoes, legs, etc. when they want us to through feed. it is not real pecking.

mean roos scratch faces straight away. pete didn't do it. but you should keep the child away from pete because both of them are unpredictable.

my roos are puppies. just don't touch their girls.

 

[DesertChic]

I think pete is not mean. roos peck our shoes, legs, etc. when they want us to through feed. it is not real pecking.

mean roos scratch faces straight away. pete didn't do it. but you should keep the child away from pete because both of them are unpredictable.

my roos are puppies. just don't touch their girls.

I have one young rooster that I can pick and toss around without an ounce of complaint from him, but when I handle his favorite girls he stands about a foot away and just stares me down. He nipped at my hand one time while I was holding one of "his girls" and she jumped off my lapped and ripped into him for doing so. It's nice when the hens put the boys in their place.

 

[tcobbs]

Ueah, my gut says Pete was taking care of the girls... and since I am chicken-mama I get the final say. He will be given plenty of time to show his true disposition.

I won't be keeping them apart, but constantly monitoring them when they are together and correcting both if necessary. The munchkin will learn by guidance AND by natural consequences. Getting knocked down an scolded by the rooster was a natural consequence, when guidance fell on deaf ears and stubborn disobediance... which is totally predictable on ocassion in a small child. He's learning. He hasn't gone near the hens again with a stick. Yet, he has been with me every morning right in the mix with the chickens eating at his feet.

 

[tcobbs]

That's funny. Even though Pete was hand raised, when we put him outside he began to lose his desire for interaction. He will come close and eat, and doesn't shy away, but I can't just walk up to him.

 

[GabrielBane]

Have you guys ever dealt with something that looks akin to bruising on the rear end of a chick?? my buff-ish NN's rear is almost a purple color, and I really don't think they come from fibro lines.... so I'm worried that the little guy is exhibiting symptoms of something possibly contagious (I have my NN and CCLB breeding chicks together, so I'm really concerned)