Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Okla-doodle-doo]

I would go with the second one,because he shows more skin and will pass that trait onto his offspring. I like his color better too!lol

 

[N&MSchroeder]

Quote:
Thanks for your input. He definitely is more "naked"

His backside is bare as well.

 

[pgpoultry]

N&MSchroeder....agree with the others.

Flower....definitely looks like a girl.

BUT...what the heck are these 7 week olds turning into????? Jurassic Green Eyed Monsters.

 

[greenSearcher]

I love those burly boys, so it should be interesting to see how they turns out. I am presuming the black one is a girl. They are Brahma crosses, correct?

Gritty has a couple of "Trahmas, thanks to Impy. No pics yet. I am waiting, want to see if she has Jurassic monsters too.

This could be a good cross for meat. Even the necks are thick and the legs are tree trunks

. I can always use a good excuse for getting the Dark Brahmas I'm lusting for. NN are good meat birds, but they aren't overly meaty as a rule, so I am thinking a cross w/ a good heavy LF could improve them since I love the egg production.

Thanks for the pics, I'll take my project rambles to the meatie board. I do love my NN, they are truely sweet birds.

 

[greenSearcher]

"Also, I am assuming that they are both roos because their combs are large (still light though) and their legs are huge! " N&MSchroeder

I wouldn't presume they are boys yet, wait for the crow. Of my 6 chicks, I got one roo, knew it from week two, the comb was red. Oakley's legs weren't all that thick, just his comb and baby crow at 3 weeks... Annie Green Legs was about 4 months old before I was certain she wasn't going to sprout saddle feathers one night. Just as big as Oakley, red comb and thick legs but she stopped growing about then and started laying a month later. As far as their colors go, they all could be the typical red when they sprout their adult feathers. Only Annie Black stayed the color she was as a chick, black. All the others markings faded, and they are the red with black tails NN.

 

[BlueBirdChick]

Well I had to help one of my chicks out it was so shrink wrapped had I left it , it would of died I hate to interfere Id rather them hatch out themselves anyway I know who the mom is now lol its my friends Hen Goldie the other naked neck whos blackish gray and with gold flakes in her feathers.. It looks just like her, doesnt look like Moe at all hahahahaaa... I know she wasnt with another rooster so Moe is the daddy lol..

Lets hope its a girl and im hoping that it will be okay

its resting right now not even trying to get up

 

[flower]

pgpoultry I think that Jurassic Monsters are lovely and so uniform in shape and size.

the beautiful feathers.

I am delighted that peeps are voting girlie for my baby !

BlueBirdChick the little chick that I literally pulled from her shell three weeks ago is doing just fine. I can not figure out how to make the enviroment humid enough in this desert atmosphere. Using all the suggestions, humidifyer in room, extra surface area for evaportation and all that and still the chicks that pip later have a dry enviroment and many do not make it out. darn darn

 

[pgpoultry]

My Jurassic chicks are a cross between a Blue Partridge Brahma and Naked Neck (Black) hens. Don't know why one is black (unless he had a different daddy....they free range, but it was my Blue Partridge who was the active one at the time.)

I think that the one chick on the left is female....much smaller comb, thinner legs, no rusty coloured feathers on the wings, but the black one looks male, too.

As a vegetarian, I'm never going to know about the meat, but they certainly gain weight super-fast.

My Naked Neck roo preferentially mates with a Gold Partridge Brahma and a Dark Brahma hen, so their offspring might be interesting. Mort (the roo) falls off the big hens, but that doesn't deter him at all.

 

[BlueBirdChick]

here is the chick not a good picture its still laying down but it is trying though its gotten fluffy ,

[/img]
it looks a lot like its momma she is this color but im wondering if he got the white from Moe the dad cause he was yellow when he was a chick...

 

[key west chick]

This little one hatched about 1 week ago. Ignore the lavender Ameraucana, she is jeolous of the NN's beauty!! Dad is a frizzled bantam NN and mom is an olive egger. This one isnt frizzled, bummer, but still has adorable muffs!