Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[pgpoultry]

My Mort (NN cockerel) is still behaving in his usual testosterone-fueled way, so I will collect some of the NN X Brahma eggs when the weather has turned a little warmer here and put them in the incubator.

I have a particularly pretty cream stippled hen who is Warren X Brahma who has just come into lay, so I will collect her eggs as well.....no knowing what colour that will turn out to be, I guess? (Or will Mort's black feathering be dominant?)

Mort is on the left, this being a pic taken about 5 weeks ago.....face and neck now much redder, wattles and comb longer.

Thanks

 

[pkw]

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I just wanted to say the picture of the hen in your first picture is so absolutely beautiful.

 

[Kev]

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'Pure' can be small or no bow tie, 'not pure' is big bow tie, and 'feather neck' has no naked neck.

Kev, What about NaNa x Nana? (sorry if I asked you that already) 50% NaNa, 50% Nana?

Lisa

Lisa covered several Q's & agree with her responses.

Yep, NaNa x Nana= 50% of both.

 

[Kev]

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It sure would be neat! If a mutant happened in X, there is potential for same/similar mutation to happen in related species.. so there is potential for naked neck to show up pheasants, peafowl etc. Only thing I worry about is a fair amount of people don't like the looks and might cull it.

The facial colors on Green peafowl depends partly on sunlight exposure, wonder if a naked necked green would have blue necks.. (like on around their face) That would be quite a sight!

 

[Kev]

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Black is dominant & typical coloration of crosses with blacks are black birds with color on hackles/saddles/wing patches for roosters, black with color on hackles and breast for hens. Color is either white, brown/gold or a cream shade in those areas. (pretty colors on that hen, by the way)

 

[pgpoultry]

Thank you.

Sounds as though my 'little vulture' will have some pretty offspring, then,as I have Gold, Dark and Blue Partridge Brahma hens which he will, no doubt, mate. ( Unless the big boys realise/care that he is stealing their girls.).The random selection of other girls ...Leghorn, mutt etc. should give me a colourful bunch.

I tend to allow some of these random matings to give a bit of variety about the place as well as putting pure breeds in their own area to get 'true blues' when I want them. I like the unpredictability of some of the oddbods.

 

[Kev]

"Free range surprises" are a lot of fun.

Crosses from Mort and (white)Leghorns will turn out white or white with occasional black speckle, as the white in leghorns is dominant and is powerful on black. So that's a good cross if you want to go for white NN..

For real fun, keep siblings from the Leghorn cross and breed together. You are very likely to get lots of surprises from that, as white Leghorns can have miscellaneous genes floating around(if nobody can see it, doesn't get culled out or bred for) plus several genes deliberately included to help keep the white crisp, such as sex linked barring, mottle, blue, silver.....

Dominant white is powerful on black but does not have much effect on brown/gold pigments.. so for extra fun, could breed the leghorn cross to other colors such as pencilled, partridges etc to make white and brown/gold patterned birds. For example, "chamois"(aka Buff laced) is simply dominant white on Gold Laced- it changed the black lacing to white and slightly lightens the gold color.

 

[pgpoultry]

Thanks for that Kev.

I will definitely cross my most mischievous Leghorn, who, as she is more yellow than white is called Yellow Peril. YP with Mort should produce offspring with a great personality whichever of the parental personalities they inherit. Mort goes around strutting and crowing all day long, is very friendly with people, and has a daily visit to the kitchen for treats. YP is a typical very noisy Leghorn, who, uncharacteristically for her type, also visits the kitchen for treats and regularly 'dust bathes' on the carpet whilst making loud purring noises. If friendly is dominant (!) then friendly the offspring will be............though I suspect my habit of petting them has a lot to do with their sociability.

Can't wait for spring now!

 

[maralpz2006]

hi lisa thank you , the blue one is gonna be the first to lay, i have another pullet she is not naked neck and she has a weird color ,light brown ,dark brown and yellow

 

[cathunter10]

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Kev
Would you then breed the Poulets from that cross Back to the original cock.Selecting the ones with the least amount of neck feathers to be bred.
Bill