Naked necks anyone?

[N F C]

Just bought a Naked Neck Roo a few hours ago, He has a naked Chest too. View attachment 1618605Not a great focus but it shows how far down he Naked Neck goes

That is quite the plunging neckline!

 

[Compost King]

That is quite the plunging neckline!

I am learning that is something people seek in a naked neck, his father was some sort of award winning chicken. I just want to breed him with my Meat Birds. I had to promise the lady I bought it from that I would not eat him and I honor my promises. She was ok with me eating his children though.

 

[BlueBaby]

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Here's my crew, the girls are molting and don't like their pictures taken. The roo is Fugly, the hens are Nyx and Nova.

My, how my little egg that you bought from me has grown! Looking good!

 

[BlueBaby]

Not exactly a naked neck, but we adore our showgirl, Marilyn Monroe! I do feel terrible for her when it’s cold and she scrunches in her neck...

The showgirls were first created by crossing the NN's to the silkies. So, technically it's still a NN with a bowtie.

 

[BlueBaby]

Just bought a Naked Neck Roo a few hours ago, He has a naked Chest too. View attachment 1618605Not a great focus but it shows how far down he Naked Neck goes

Nice! Is that the one that I told you that you should grab? He's totally clean necked, and I'm jealous!

 

[Compost King]

Nice! Is that the one that I told you that you should grab? He's totally clean necked, and I'm jealous!

Almost completely Clean Chested, yep its the one you suggested I go get. I just grabbed him and put him in his coop, he liked roosting on the roof better than in the coop. With that coop though, every chicken does that. Its not the most fun coop in the world but its the quarantine coop/Rooster Jail... He moves into the first breeder coop available which should be in the next 30 days.

 

[BlueBaby]

Almost completely Clean Chested, yep its the one you suggested I go get. I just grabbed him and put him in his coop, he liked roosting on the roof better than in the coop. With that coop though, every chicken does that. Its not the most fun coop in the world but its the quarantine coop/Rooster Jail... He moves into the first breeder coop available which should be in the next 30 days.

I'm glad that you went to get him! I wish I was that lucky to find one like him!

 

[RUNuts]

If I may, I'm concerned with mosquitos biting these. I raised CX and the rains started before their rumps were fully feathered. The mosquitos savaged the rumps and made some not nice looking chickens. The rains lasted for 2 weeks. The mosquitos until butcher. The fully feathered fared better.

Do NN have mosquito issues? Or do they scrunch the necks down? What is your experience here?

from the swamps of Houston

 

[Compost King]

too bad you are about 2000 miles away. I only plan to breed him him for about a year, eventually one of his offspring with a meat bird will be my breeding naked neck rooster. It would be nice to get this guy to a more serious breeder.

 

[BlueBaby]

If I may, I'm concerned with mosquitos biting these. I raised CX and the rains started before their rumps were fully feathered. The mosquitos savaged the rumps and made some not nice looking chickens. The rains lasted for 2 weeks. The mosquitos until butcher. The fully feathered fared better.

Do NN have mosquito issues? Or do they scrunch the necks down? What is your experience here?

from the swamps of Houston

Mine seem to be doing ok over here, but I'm not in the swamps, and don't have puddles of old water standing around that mosquito's love to breed in.