Naked Neck/Turken Thread

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Just like PG stated naked necks also called turkens are both a Breed and a type. Type meaning that they are often crossed to other breeds due to their good traits of good laying ability, hardiness, even temperament and yes looks. Because the naked neck gene is dominate most of the offsprings will have some degree of naked neck and less feathering. Oh yes the fact of their decreased feathering is also a plus when you harvest them, less plucking-less work.

As far as genetics it goes something like this if both parents carry both copies of the naked gene (ieNN) all offspring will be "pure" NN. And so on as far as mixes I encourage to do more reading here on the thread and do searches for history and additional facts. Because....................if you do add them to your flock many comments of derision and horror might be heard !

All of us here love our buddies and delight in their good value and quirky styles.

 

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Hey Nava

THE MAIL FINALLY CAME THROUGH

But we still want some of those beautiful babies come spring time.

 

[Kev]

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Flower summed it up pretty good. Hatchery stock generally are medium-large and good dual producers for meat or eggs. A lot of them are orange/buff/red with black tails.

A lot of variation is due to people having fun crossing them or introducing new colors- like Nava's blues and splashes, Dipsy Doodle Doo's famous frizzled, feather legged normal or black skinned green eggers. I'm guilty of this too.. trying for laceds with the 'usual' Turken type. I also keep a group of colored egger LF turkens but these are all single combs(somewhat a rarity as most blue/green eggers have pea combs. Probably going to change with the recent importation of Legbars)

 

[josh44]

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Those splashes are amazing !!!

 

[Kev]

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If you want blue/green/olive, set only green/blue/gray eggs from this group. The gene for colored eggs is dominant, like naked neck so once it's lost, it's "forever lost". Hens laying any shade of brown don't have the gene, so hatching them with that rooster will produce only tan/brown eggers.

Most blue/green eggers have pea combs, this is because pea and colored egg gene are located very close to each other so they pass down more than 90% of the time. Keeping pea combed pullets increases your chances of colored eggers but as EE are such a mixed bag of genetics, which includes pea combed *without* the colored egg gene so this is not 100% foolproof in general.

You'll get a nice range of colors from that roo and EE hens for sure.

 

[Herechicks]

Oh okay cool.

.. Should be interesting to see what colors I get

that one egg I have from my Black Copper Maran the last one I got from her is pipping

Will post pictures after it's hatched

 

[josh44]

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Thanks for sharing

 

[drumstick diva]

Boy that chick can run and dodge - probably ran off more calories than grasshoppers provide.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

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I was thinking the same thing!

 

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Here is Victor the new man in my yard. He will be used to breed my black Ameraucana, Polish and NN bantams.

Fluffy, fluffy