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[Kassaundra]

Kassaundra is the featherless a breed unto itself or us an anomaly in the NN? I've been informed that if I bring any home I'll be sleeping out in the coop with them.

They are not a breed, they are a genetic mutation. Any breed of chicken can carry it. It is a recessive gene and takes 2 to show. My birds happen to be naked necks, but if the most feathered chicken you can think of had a double hit of the Sc gene they would be naked too. It was first found in a flock of rhode island reds (or new Hampshire reds, I forget which one) in the 1950's.

 

[jrjoplin]

They are not a breed, they are a genetic mutation. Any breed of chicken can carry it. It is a recessive gene and takes 2 to show. My birds happen to be naked necks, but if the most feathered chicken you can think of had a double hit of the Sc gene they would be naked too. It was first found in a flock of rhode island reds (or new Hampshire reds, I forget which one) in the 1950's.

Interesting, another item to add to my reading/research list. I get lost quickly in genetics but it fascinates me.

On a side note, I'm captivated with the caponizing thread you started. Wish I could make it to the clinic in September but I have other obligations.

Thank you and all the others who provide us newcomers with information and guidance when needed.

Jerry

 

[NanaKat]

Kass, sure looks like you will be making some girlie clothes for this coming winter!,
They are looking great. ...love the "nekkid" chickiedoos.

The older grand kids came to visit Sunday. The fish weren't biting and it was way to hot to be outside.
Roger decided to take them shopping for boots. All five found boots for school.

Will finally start processing birds in the morning....starting with the pheasant.

 

[Kassaundra]

Nanak, I thought so too, about the girlie clothes. I think I need to start looking at the thrift shops for wool sweaters to modify, they work the best.

 

[Ironsights]

Kassaundra do the featherless birds sunburn really bad?

 

[Kassaundra]

Kassaundra do the featherless birds sunburn really bad?

Not at all

 

[margaret8]

Some of my newly hatched keets are dying. They are in the house and the temp is constant! When I find then they are dead or dye soon after. They gasp for air and arch their head back they dye about 10 min later. I have given them electrolytes

 

[margaret8]

Some of my newly hatched keets are dying. They are in the house and the temp is constant! When I find then they are dead or dye soon after. They gasp for air and arch their head back they dye about 10 min later. I have given them electrolytes

Any ideas?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Some of my newly hatched keets are dying. They are in the house and the temp is constant! When I find then they are dead or dye soon after. They gasp for air and arch their head back they dye about 10 min later. I have given them electrolytes

When you say temp is constant.... how old are they and how warm is the area they are in? They need a light. They need enough room to get away from the light in case they feel hot.

That being said... I had one set of guineas I hatched out, they all died one by one like that. The eggs had been very dirty, with many rotten ones I had to remove during incubation. So my natural conclusion is that the keets that had made it had gotten a bacterial yolk sac infection from the soiling on the eggs, which leads to a slow death by about 1 week.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: sounds almost like a respiratory infection- wonder if dosing with duramycin in the water after hatch may be a good idea? 1 teaspoon per gal? did you post here? https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/45/guinea-fowl