Showgirl thread- for posting pictures and discussing breed!

[AmyLynn2374]

The small or no bow tie is usualy the Homozygous form of the nn meaning they have 2 doses of the nn gene. With Homozygous (usualy shown as NN) all the babys will be Nn (Nn means Heterozygous) if bred to a non nn, and all of them will have Heterozygous gene Nn and a larger bow tie. If you breed a Nn Heterozygous 50% of there babys will be Nn if bred to a non nn. You get 25% homozygous NN babys from breeding hetero Nn to a hetero Nn.

If you want to start a SG line you are better off getting a SG and breeding it to your silkies rather than starting with a regular nn. it will take you many generations just to get them to look like SG's and you will produce a lot of culs in the process. you will save yourself a lot of time and trouble by trying to find one perfect SG and breeding it into your flock.

Well, that had been my plan but since they are not common here, and I have done my research, I figure I might as well start now. I refuse to buy shipped eggs and pay money for a maybe hatch. I am breeding my two Nn's together and if I can get what I want from them will breed to my silkies. At least I will know where they are coming from and the health of the stock. BTW, I don't "cull". It's a hobby for me, not a profession. I keep what I want and send the others to my sister who raises on a broader scale.

 

[CliffB]

The dad was a great Show Girl, one of the moms is a turken, smooth showgirl and a standard showgirl. The two female showgirls were only 1-2 generations., The rooster was closer to a 7-8.

 

[sharkman]

Well, that had been my plan but since they are not common here, and I have done my research, I figure I might as well start now. I refuse to buy shipped eggs and pay money for a maybe hatch. I am breeding my two Nn's together and if I can get what I want from them will breed to my silkies. At least I will know where they are coming from and the health of the stock. BTW, I don't "cull". It's a hobby for me, not a profession. I keep what I want and send the others to my sister who raises on a broader scale.

Cull does not necessarily mean kill but people need to make sure they disclose these are project birds and not pure. This is a hobby for almost everyone as there is little proffit to be made with chickens but even as a hobby if you are interested in producing quality birds you need to produce a lot of babys to choose your next generation from.

 

[sharkman]

The dad was a great Show Girl, one of the moms is a turken, smooth showgirl and a standard showgirl. The two female showgirls were only 1-2 generations., The rooster was closer to a 7-8.

What I do is keep a mixed flock and when I want to produce pure babys I pick out the breeders and pen them up and hatch out those eggs. Just keep switching out the different breeds throught out the year. You should get some pure silkies and pair them up with your different SG's. just breed each new generation back to the pure silkies and you will have a nice SG project. Maybe get a Frizzled Sizzle and breed it to that NN Sizzle (flat feathered silkie)you have. You need to select for more FM in future breeding because they are a little pink.

 

[1TurkenLover]

If you want to start a SG line you are better off getting a SG and breeding it to your silkies rather than starting with a regular nn. it will take you many generations just to get them to look like SG's and you will produce a lot of culs in the process. you will save yourself a lot of time and trouble by trying to find one perfect SG and breeding it into your flock.

Thank you, sharkman, my understanding of NN and SG is becoming clearer. : } Our last rescue is/was an SG, ( will be sending out dna test )
wanting to start SG Clean Legged Breeding Program.



AS I tried to put it with Pure Silkies,




( 3 days ) the Silkie Roster, acted like it was a no big deal. However the dominant Hen, only White one paced cage back N forth till SG was put away for night, next day was a repeat.the Lesser pullet acted ok.... next morning there were White feathers Every where.
now I'm thinking : is it Safe to try again ?

the 2 NN siblings, are now out of 30/30 Quarantine & are going in the Big Girl NN run.

 

[CliffB]

Hey sharkman what do you think about this NN? This is a project bird i got from a member here.

 

[sharkman]

Hey sharkman what do you think about this NN? This is a project bird i got from a member here.

Its a frizzled Nn. I am breeding them now and have about 30 babys. I like this one for several reasons... White, clean legs, small comb no waddles. Is it LF or bantom. I like LF (large fowl). It does not have much silkie if any in it tho. I would like to see it in 6 months. Are you on the NN thread? if not post this pic there too. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/301500/naked-neck-turken-thread/12760#post_15238857

 

[CliffB]

Its a frizzled Nn. I am breeding them now and have about 30 babys. I like this one for several reasons... White, clean legs, small comb no waddles. Is it LF or bantom. I like LF (large fowl). It does not have much silkie if any in it tho. I would like to see it in 6 months. Are you on the NN thread? if not post this pic there too. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/301500/naked-neck-turken-thread/12760#post_15238857

Yea she came from GeorgiaBoy. We are waiting to see what happens. She is the product of a frizzled NN and a broiler. There's no telling how big she will get but she is growing fast. She is approximately 4-4.5 months old in those pictures.

 

[sharkman]

Yea she came from GeorgiaBoy. We are waiting to see what happens. She is the product of a frizzled NN and a broiler. There's no telling how big she will get but she is growing fast. She is approximately 4-4.5 months old in those pictures.

I saw you are on the NN thread already. Mine are Nn Frizzle over broilers too. I have 1 white slow broiler hen and 2 black broiler hens. I am going to pick out a few of the biggest Nn frizzle hens from the babys and breed them to my broiler roos. I am thinking of throwing in a cream legbar to see what the blue egg color does to their egg color.

I am also looking to add a SG to my frizzled sizzle project to make naked neck frizzled sizzles! love the wonderful world of Franken Chickens!!

 

[CliffB]

I saw you are on the NN thread already. Mine are Nn Frizzle over broilers too. I have 1 white slow broiler hen and 2 black broiler hens. I am going to pick out a few of the biggest Nn frizzle hens from the babys and breed them to my broiler roos. I am thinking of throwing in a cream legbar to see what the blue egg color does to their egg color.

I am also looking to add a SG to my frizzled sizzle project to make naked neck frizzled sizzles! love the wonderful world of Franken Chickens!!

This chick came from a green egg and a brown egg bird so we are both curious what it will lay.