Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kev]

Lisa, wonderful chicks! Do you know if they're pure for pea comb and/or NN gene?

Maraplz, that is a nice roo.

 

[Kev]

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Hi! That's interesting. I've never heard of NNxNN chicks not having naked necks. Is it possible that a non-naked neck bird was involved?
If they don't show a naked neck to some degree, they didn't inherit the gene for naked neck. They don't have it and can't pass it to their offspring. They can't carry it (recessively) because Na is a dominant gene (I said that wrong, somebody say it more clearly).

Pretty, pretty, pretty, Marco!

Lisa

If Na is a dominant gene, does that not mean the Na trait is shown in all offspring? Maybe there was a milkman-rooster involved there somewhere?

Dominant basically means "shows up in a cross". Naked neck x not naked neck will always throw some naked neck chicks.

The difference in % of chicks coming out with naked necks depends on if the naked neck parent(s) being pure or not pure for the NN gene. For example:

Pure NN x Buff Orp= 100% naked necked chicks.

Not pure NN x Buff orp+ 50% naked necked chicks.

Not pure NN x not pure NN= 75% naked necked chicks. (with some being pure NN and most not)

Non-naked chick is proof a NN parent(s) are not pure for it. Also non- NN chicks do not have the gene at all, even if both of their parents were NN..

Jersey, that's probably a coincidence. Proper ratios will show up in larger numbers.. it can seem way skewed in small numbers, same as to how humans are supposed to throw 50% boys 50% girls, but many families either have all or almost all of one sex or the other.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi Kev! The 'Treasure' roo has a weird single comb that splits to horns toward the blade. I don't know what you'd call it --- not pea-ish at all, though. I wasn't going to use him for breeding *toward* the next generation (he has feathered feet) , but one of the NN daughters has fabulously dark-skin, lays a beautiful blue egg, and has feathered shanks. I'm working toward breeding feathered shanks/feet out of one line, but I thought it would be fun to see if I can encourage it back in this line.
Both of these chicks have just a flat-space-where-the-comb-should-be right now.

Lisa

 

[1Chick Magnet]

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hi dipsy,
I am the breeder of zeeva. you are correct. the dad was a white showgirl and the mom was a white crested blue bantam polish. all the chicks had crests and black skin. most of them had 5 toes. they were all black except for zeeva. I also did some appenzeller/showgirls. they had appenzeller feathers and black skin. I love to play with naked necks. I have a red polish naked neck that I crossed with a buff frizzled polish roo. I kept 2 chicks for breeding next year. 1 is black and 1 is a very light buff. they are frizzled,crested,and have bowties.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

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these guys are really cute! I crossed my nn to an ameraucana this year too. one of the chicks just started laying and the eggs are blue. I now have a splash araucana cockerel. next year I plan on crossing him with my nn hens. I would love to have a frizzled,crested,rumpless nn that lays blue eggs.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

I took a pic of my frizzled naked necks today.

 

[hipeatall]

Absolutely Beautiful! Oh, I just can't wait to have some Frizzle NN's of my very own.

 

[Nava]

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just purty

 

[pgpoultry]

Chickmagnet.....those frizzles are W

NDERFUL.

Little Mohican haircuts should be obligatory.

Nava....love the little jaw drop smiley.

 

[Davlyn]

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Very nice.. Is the darker one the mom to the one I got from U ?
I would B interested in UR cross I would love a Blue egg layer