Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[BlueBaby]

Here's my one NN chick - just over 9 weeks old - taking her/his first free range stroll (outside of chicken tractor) this morning in the chicken yard. Can anyone give me your best guess if it's a roo or hen? I don't have anyone to compare it too, the rest of flock is not NN & never had a NN before. Thanks for your help!
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I agree with the other's that it is a roo.

 

[CaroleW]

Thanks for all NN experts confirming a roo- I had an idea he was but glad you could all tell me for sure.

 

[BlueBaby]

Thanks for all NN experts confirming a roo- I had an idea he was but glad you could all tell me for sure.

I have a chick right now breaking a hole in one of the egg's in my incubator, if you need some more.

 

[igorsMistress]

Lacey is this girls name but she reminds of Jack Skellington lol.

 

[CaroleW]

I have a chick right now breaking a hole in one of the egg's in my incubator, if you need some more.

How eggciting--HaHa- Don't think I can handle more of anything right now - I have all I can do just checking to make sure everyone stays alive in this heat! I will need more sometime tho - I have 2 coops to fill up eventually.
I visited a friend yesterday who found a wild quail hatching in her garden pot on patio - I told her I hope the quail was cooling the eggs and maybe give her an ice cube in some water nearby.

 

[City farm]

Have to introduce our new flock of girl’s & possibly 2 cockerels.
We made a trip to pick up a black & white turken from @BlueBaby, could not leave the other 2 since they will do better when they are let out with the rest of the girl’s.
We already have 4 Muscovy duck hens & other chickens.

Terrie the Turken, a pullet has some nice black spots & is sweet. The baby chicks are in a garden cart so I can pick up & give them some lov’n, plus they can see all their new sisters running around them.

We already have 4 Muscovy duck hens & other chickens.

I had to delete the 1st post, had like 3 of the same photo, looks like it did the same.

@igorsMistress your Lacey is lovely. Hope our Clair has the same feathering.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Are there easier ways to tell male's and females apart as youngsters? I know some people say that they get red as a male but I had a female a few years ago that always had bright red skin in her head

 

[City farm]

Are there easier ways to tell male's and females apart as youngsters? I know some people say that they get red as a male but I had a female a few years ago that always had bright red skin in her head

If you have a few from the same hatch, the combs are larger. I think that’s goes for all breeds as well.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have two now that are around 8 weeks. They look almost the exact same to me, and have rather small combs (I think based on what I've seen for other breeds) but people keep saying one is male and one is female

 

[igorsMistress]

Are there easier ways to tell male's and females apart as youngsters? I know some people say that they get red as a male but I had a female a few years ago that always had bright red skin in her head

Roos combs and wattles grow faster than pullets usually. At roughly 4 to 6 weeks, sometimes earlier or later of course, you'll notice certain chicks have bigger combs that are darker pink than others with the smaller combs.