Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Chknluver]

Is that a buff-red color mixed with the white? Regardless she's pretty.

No idea lol the woman I got her from runs a rooster rescue and she knew nothing of her background only that she's a purebred but nothing else.

 

[DesertChic]

Hey folks,

Just a genetics question: we have 3 naked neck silkie hens in our flock of about 14. They've started laying and the resulting chicks are 2 naked neck, two "standard?" Silkie. Is the naked neck gene dominant or recessive? Since two did not display the presence of the gene does that mean it's recessive? I like the few naked necks we have, but don't want them to eventually become the majority. Will this happen if left alone? Or due to their current minority, and apparent 50% pass down rate, can I expect them to many years down breed themselves out?

Thanks all!

It sounds to me like those are first or maybe second generation Showgirls (the official name for the naked necked Silkies), which means the naked neck gene wasn't emphasized for "purity" yet. Otherwise all of your chicks would have had the naked necks.

The NN gene is dominant, but over time you could breed out the gene if that's your preference, especially if you only breed the fully feathered Silkies. The two that didn't show the NN gene may still be carriers (nana) but should mostly produce offspring with naked necks if crossed with one of the birds displaying the naked neck (Nana or NaNa). An nana x Nana should produce one naked necked chick out of four; a nana x NaNa would give you 50% fully feathered and 50% naked necked. Crossing nana with nana should produce fully feathered offspring.

Am I on the mark here @Kev ?

 

[DesertChic]

Not much out there at all for whites, not much at all.
The Sandhill stock comes from the original Golda Miller line closed flock, but I don't think he is breeding them for SOP.
The vice president of the national jersey giant club has started with whites recently, see no pics on her website of them, just says "The latest variety acquired is White, one that has been unnoticeable for some time and affirmatively out of the spotlight. The White Jerseys definitely lost showroom luster from when they actually dominated at the markets and shows, but they are making a comeback with some very dedicated breeders. While retaining size and type and with some aggressive culling/breeding they should be void of dusky color and improved leg color, so perhaps they will be once again return to the showstopper from their hay day." , and no other mention of them...

Right now I'm super excited about these 'ugly' super cool naked necks! We've had super cold, warm 30s weeks, zero, 20s, teens, windchill, pretty crappy coops, laying eggs and no freezer burn on their combs! heck with their naked necks! doing awesome! I'm actually thinking of setting eggs soon, was going to wait till spring, May.
Don't think I can wait! Really thinking of setting some very soon!
Nothing like going out to feed, seeing the big red/black flap his wings and seeing all that skin, the white looking at me like he's going to challenge me again, in the snow, while I'm bundled up in my Carhart, pants with thermal underarmor underneath, gloves, thinsulate hat, military mickey mouse boots, and those naked necks are flapping their wings exposing skin!!! And I'm freezing!

They are pretty darn amazing, aren't they? I still have a NN hen in nearly full molt with just a handful of pin feathers showing. She's the first one out of the coop no matter how cold it gets and seems completely unaware of our below freezing mornings while I'm shivering and cursing winter as I chip away at the ice in their water containers.

Honestly, I'm beginning to worry about that molting girl. She's literally been "naked" the entire winter so far, and she STILL gives me 4-6 jumbo eggs per week. I tried putting a saddle on her, thinking it would help keep her warm and she flat out refused to keep it on. I've never seen a bird contort itself so intently to get out of a chicken saddle! Houdini had nothing on my Rizzo!

 

[chickengr]

They are pretty darn amazing, aren't they? I still have a NN hen in nearly full molt with just a handful of pin feathers showing. She's the first one out of the coop no matter how cold it gets and seems completely unaware of our below freezing mornings while I'm shivering and cursing winter as I chip away at the ice in their water containers.

Honestly, I'm beginning to worry about that molting girl. She's literally been "naked" the entire winter so far, and she STILL gives me 4-6 jumbo eggs per week. I tried putting a saddle on her, thinking it would help keep her warm and she flat out refused to keep it on. I've never seen a bird contort itself so intently to get out of a chicken saddle! Houdini had nothing on my Rizzo!

give her some BOSS and whole corn. it will keep her worm. cayenne pepper as well.

she might need some protein as well. I would give her boiled eggs.

 

[draye]

Day 9 of incubation.

Set on January 23,2017 @ around 5:30 pm.
Set 100 eggs.

Fertility rate is 95%. I think this is the best fertility rate I've ever had.

Breakdown of runs:
#1. Blue Cream Partridge rooster (Nn). Over 6 hens, 3 are (nn) and the others I'm not really sure but are Nsjed Necked (NN and Nn). 1 of the three (nn) is a crested green egg layer. 6 green eggs were set and 13 brown eggs were set, a total 19 eggs, 100% fertile.

#2. Calico/Aloha rooster (Nn). Over 8 hens all are either ( Nn or NN). One hen is colored like a Speckled Sussex. This should produce some more Calico's if any of the eggs were hers. 14 eggs set. 100% fertile.

#3. A Red Wing Black ( Birchen) rooster (Nn) over 6 hens, 3 White, 1 black, 1 black gold, 1 blue red and 1 blue Birchen. 13 eggs set. 92% fertile. I'm putting this one down to sneaky hens. Hens are NN and Nn. Looks like the four non fertile eggs from that run were from the same hen.

#4. Red Mottled rooster (Nn) over 6 hens. 1 black, 4 red and 1 red Partridge ( blue under color). 11 eggs set. 100% fertile. Hens are Nn and NN.

#5. Aloha rooster (nn). I had 3 hens in this run but I know for a fact only two laid any eggs, so over two hens. 1 Silver Partridge green Egger (6 eggs) and 1 Blue Gold hen ( 6 brown eggs). 100% fertile.

#6. Cinnamon rooster (NN). Over 4 hens all are Mottled Partridge. 13 eggs set. 100% fertile.

#7. Golden Partridge rooster (Nn). Over 7 hens 1 nn and 6 Nn and NN. Set 18 eggs, 1 was infertike. 94% fertile. This was the rooster that I had a zero hatch 0 % fertility rate from on my last May hatch. I'm guessing the heat got to him as he's got a pretty good fertility rate this time. This will be my last hatch from him as he is now gone to my grandsons house.

 

[DesertChic]

give her some BOSS and whole corn. it will keep her worm. cayenne pepper as well.

she might need some protein as well. I would give her boiled eggs.

I give her meat (raw & cooked) and eggs a few times per week, plenty of BOSS, always use cayenne pepper and various herbs in the fermented feed of 18% protein in the winter. I even switched her to a 26% protein gamebird feed for a month. She's just proven highly resistant to growing back those feathers. Other than that she's incredibly healthy and one of my best layers, just like her mom. When her mom finally started to grow her feathers back in she stopped laying entirely for 3 weeks and did her best to hide away in one of the nesting boxes all day and night. Once her feathers had "sprouted", it only took about a week for them to grow in, and two more weeks before she started laying again. Crazy genetics!

 

[Kassaundra]

I have 4 baby chicks hatched today, they are from Stripey Butt the old fashioned way, but none from the cross girls. I'll post pics later

 

[draye]

I have 4 baby chicks hatched today, they are from Stripey Butt the old fashioned way, but none from the cross girls.  I'll post pics later

Congratulations.

 

[DesertChic]

I have 4 baby chicks hatched today, they are from Stripey Butt the old fashioned way, but none from the cross girls. I'll post pics later

Yay! Babies!!!!

 

[draye]

My Cinnamon rooster

The hen in the right, a Silver Partridge, is his daughter.