November Hatch-A-Longs 2017

[Crooked Chicken]

Very interesting. Good luck with your breeding program!

 

[lawson1986]

Today is day 20 for us, 6/12 silkie eggs made it to lockdown, so far 5 internal pips and one external pip.....just waiting for my silkie babies to appear!!!

 

[lawson1986]

3 more external pips that I can see and one baby almost out of it's egg woohoo...right on schedule

 

[Harmony Fowl]

Naked neck being semi dominant also means very often there is a visual difference between a bird pure for NN and one not pure for it- the most visible one being a difference in the bowtie size- pure NN have a very small/tiny bowtie and not pure have a much larger bowtie with many feathers and covers more of the lower front of neck.

In my case mine are mixed ones in this hatch, and have the bigger bowtie. I am trying to create a better egg layer that will take the desert heat in the summers here better. This is my project bird. I will still also be breeding for the pure Australorps, and the Transylvanian Naked Necks too.

I know this is now December, but since it came up, from your description, does this chick have a large bow tie, indicating it isn’t pure for the naked neck gene?

 

[BlueBaby]

@Harmony Fowl Yes, see the featherless on upper neck, and then you have the bowtie, and then featherless again below the bowtie? I suggest that if you breed that one, try to breed to one that has a clean neck (no bowtie).

Have you joined the Naked Neck Turkens thread here yet in the breeds section?

 

[Harmony Fowl]

@Harmony Fowl Yes, see the featherless on upper neck, and then you have the bowtie, and then featherless again below the bowtie? I suggest that if you breed that one, try to breed to one that has a clean neck (no bowtie).

Have you joined the Naked Neck Turkens thread here yet in the breeds section?

Thanks!

No, I have not. I peeked at it, but this chick was part of a random assortment. I don’t have any other NNs. It was more for my own knowledge’s sake. If it’s a roo it may be enough of a novelty to try to sell instead of eat. If it’s a hen, it’s good to know what the genetics are.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

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I know this is now December, but since it came up, from your description, does this chick have a large bow tie, indicating it isn’t pure for the naked neck gene?

That chick is so cute!

 

[BlueBaby]

Thanks!

No, I have not. I peeked at it, but this chick was part of a random assortment. I don’t have any other NNs. It was more for my own knowledge’s sake. If it’s a roo it may be enough of a novelty to try to sell instead of eat. If it’s a hen, it’s good to know what the genetics are.

The Naked Necks are getting more and more sought after. The Naked Neck is a gene, and people are breeding them into the other breeds depending on what they are aiming for; bigger egglayers, bigger meatbirds, or bigger dual-purpose. Out here in the desert, it is said the Naked Necks will handle our summer heat better than most breeds will.

 

[Harmony Fowl]

The Naked Necks are getting more and more sought after. The Naked Neck is a gene, and people are breeding them into the other breeds depending on what they are aiming for; bigger egglayers, bigger meatbirds, or bigger dual-purpose. Out here in the desert, it is said the Naked Necks will handle our summer heat better than most breeds will.

I wish we could say the same here! We get our hot months, but a NN would not be such an adaption in the freezing winters. Still, novelty is novelty. Now I almost want it to be female so I can have future NNs! But my gut says rooster.