Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[DrumstickRanchTex]

Beauty is as beauty does. A beautiful bird that dies in the heat is not as pretty to me as a live NN! My husband said they are so ugly, he won't mind me processing them! (As he feeds them grapes and builds them perches).

If the NN are to be processed, they are the easiest to pluck because they have so few feathers covering their bodies. They can make a nice looking chicken for cooking.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Parront How are the 2 NN's that you got from me doing? Are they still growing good?

 

[Parront]

@Parront How are the 2 NN's that you got from me doing? Are they still growing good?

Still good, have not weighed that big one, but it is still quite a bit bigger than the Rocks.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

To the people with big turkens lines, do your females ever catch up to males, or do they stay smaller? I'm worries my girls may never catch up to my boys

 

[BlueBaby]

To the people with big turkens lines, do your females ever catch up to males, or do they stay smaller? I'm worries my girls may never catch up to my boys

My rooster is bigger than my girl's.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

By a lot, or just a tad? My male's are almost 2x as big as my girls but they haven't grown much since 3 months and that's how old the girls are

 

[BlueBaby]

By a lot, or just a tad? My male's are almost 2x as big as my girls but they haven't grown much since 3 months and that's how old the girls are

If you want bigger females, then start breeding your roos to bigger hen's.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's what I'm trying to work on by using a calico princess hen. She's the only bird I have that's big enough to support one of my males. I just have my first group of naked necks and can't get more chicks until next spring.

I was just kinda hoping these pullets wouldn't stay so small

 

[BlueBaby]

That's what I'm trying to work on by using a calico princess hen. She's the only bird I have that's big enough to support one of my males. I just have my first group of naked necks and can't get more chicks until next spring.

I was just kinda hoping these pullets wouldn't stay so small

It might depend on what breed that those girl's were bred to, or the breeder might not have been too selective in their breeding.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

All five are hatchery stock, but the male's oddly enough came from one and the girls from another.