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Naked Neck is the official term for the breed as it is recognized by both the American Poultry Association and the American Bantam Association. Turken is a misnomer, dreamed up by hatchery marketing people to entice the gullible to buy birds which supposedly resemble turkey X chicken crosses, leading these poor souls into believing that they have something strange and unusual. Today, fortunately such sensational advertising practices no longer exist, but unfortunately the term still persists, promoted in several less than honorable major hatchery catalogs. It is unfortunate that the proper term has been so misconstrued that even today some people believe that the improper term is the right one. The Nazis were right in this respect. They believed that if you repeated something long enough and frequently enough, people would begin to believe it, even if not true.
The use of layman terms or "common" names isn't unique to poultry or pervaded solely by extremists. It is human nature to use the term that is familiar. I have only heard Transylvanian Naked Necks referred to as Turkens. In point of fact I did not know that I was even using the incorrect name until the OP elluded to such. I learned something new, and am happy for the education. I have also learned through experience that it is permissible to allow people to use the "common" name of things without chiding them. I work in a nursery and greenhouse, I know most of the latin names for things better than I do the common names. But I don't disparage other folks for not knowing (or caring to know) the latin. Even if a Geranium with it's big pom-poms of red or pink flowers isn't REALLY a geranium (it is pelargonium properly), when someone asks me for one, I know what they mean and I know it's an innocent lack of proper information.
The inclination to believe what is heard the most or to perpetuate something so that it will be believed and accepted is human nature that goes back to time immemorial. The Nazis didn't invent the idea and they haven't been the last to employee it. But I digress...
Jarcoo0153: What skin color would you want to develop in your cross? Would you perpetuate the bright red neck in an NN Polish?
Naked Neck is the official term for the breed as it is recognized by both the American Poultry Association and the American Bantam Association. Turken is a misnomer, dreamed up by hatchery marketing people to entice the gullible to buy birds which supposedly resemble turkey X chicken crosses, leading these poor souls into believing that they have something strange and unusual. Today, fortunately such sensational advertising practices no longer exist, but unfortunately the term still persists, promoted in several less than honorable major hatchery catalogs. It is unfortunate that the proper term has been so misconstrued that even today some people believe that the improper term is the right one. The Nazis were right in this respect. They believed that if you repeated something long enough and frequently enough, people would begin to believe it, even if not true.
The use of layman terms or "common" names isn't unique to poultry or pervaded solely by extremists. It is human nature to use the term that is familiar. I have only heard Transylvanian Naked Necks referred to as Turkens. In point of fact I did not know that I was even using the incorrect name until the OP elluded to such. I learned something new, and am happy for the education. I have also learned through experience that it is permissible to allow people to use the "common" name of things without chiding them. I work in a nursery and greenhouse, I know most of the latin names for things better than I do the common names. But I don't disparage other folks for not knowing (or caring to know) the latin. Even if a Geranium with it's big pom-poms of red or pink flowers isn't REALLY a geranium (it is pelargonium properly), when someone asks me for one, I know what they mean and I know it's an innocent lack of proper information.
The inclination to believe what is heard the most or to perpetuate something so that it will be believed and accepted is human nature that goes back to time immemorial. The Nazis didn't invent the idea and they haven't been the last to employee it. But I digress...
Jarcoo0153: What skin color would you want to develop in your cross? Would you perpetuate the bright red neck in an NN Polish?
