Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[sableboi]

I am looking for two Turken Pullets (NN's as you all refer to them as) in the Central Florida Area. I have Brahmas (I like Feathers!) but my friend swears NN's are the way to go. Looking for two pullets (hatchery quality is perfect) just need to be large fowl. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Nava]

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it is very possible, what did you have in mind?

I got Anconas, and an Idea started to grow!!!!!

So do you have any now that lay white eggs?

I'm so glad to hear that some NN crosses can lay white eggs!

I crossed a leghorn with my NN roo but I think the chick is a he.

no I don't, but it would be interesting to see a NN with the Ancona colors and white egg to go with it

 

[Nava]

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I got mostly blue, and the Xtras that I had are already spoken for, I got to bring them up to GA, to the poultry show.
I do have a white hen that should be laying soon, are you coming to the swap here in Ocala?

ETA; the pic, there she is at the very back, sorry that's the only pic I got of her, and she just run up there too

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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So do you have any now that lay white eggs?

I'm so glad to hear that some NN crosses can lay white eggs!

I crossed a leghorn with my NN roo but I think the chick is a he.

no I don't, but it would be interesting to see a NN with the Ancona colors and white egg to go with it

So let's do it!!!

 

[Nava]

superchemicalgirl So let's do it!!!

easier said than done, I have no room to put them in. I'm already working on other projects,
plus DH is building me a coop, and has to be done soon so that he can get started on a pond for my geese.
how am I going to tell him to build me another breeding pen? he loves chickens too, but................ I'll think about it,
* I really like that Idea *

 

[flower]

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Nava, what is that big bird that is mothering the pretty chicks ?

 

[Nava]

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Nava, what is that big bird that is mothering the pretty chicks ?

that's where it all started, the MAMA of all Naked Necks * turkey *

 

[Nava]

just could not think of any other place to post this Vid. here are some of my NN, and at the begin.................... can you tell me what you think af that blue pullet, to me it looks like she's got Dun color, her butt looks almost brown or redish, I would be interested in what you have to say, thanks and Enjoy, as I do Every day

ETA: sableboi if you look at the very end you can see the pullet that I have available for your friend, let me know thanks.

 

[Kev]

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it is very possible, what did you have in mind?

I got Anconas, and an Idea started to grow!!!!!

So do you have any now that lay white eggs?

I'm so glad to hear that some NN crosses can lay white eggs!

I crossed a leghorn with my NN roo but I think the chick is a he.

if it's a NN, breed to a pure leghorn or another white egg breed. To hatch out more NN chicks, must have a NN parent in every generation.

It is possible, but getting back to a white egg with no tint is not that easy. There are more than several genes just for brown and tinted egg, some dominant some not.. as a result many first generation crosses throw tinted layers. Some leghorn lines have a gene that actively represses color in eggshell, it should be easier to get white eggers again with birds like those.

mottled NN would be beautiful, of course..

 

[Kev]

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I have an idea! Cross NN with brahmas!

in seriousness, it is easy to breed NN with feather legs. Mind you, leg feather tends to be on sparse side in first cross but if you breed back to a brahma or with each other, you will get some NN with decent or good leg feathering.

They could also turn out to be bigggg birds...