Two chicks hatched with no neck feathers?

[EweSheep]

UGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY!

 

[stagedragon]

I get so tired of people looking at my chicks/chickens and going "A face only a mother could love." I am starting to realize that by deciding to raise bantam naked necks and also showgirls, it will be like when my brother had lamancha dairy goats and everyone commented on the ears, either "how ugly!" or "I can't believe you cut off the ears of that goat!" Such is the trials of people who choose to love strange "uglycute critters". Of course I have a friend who specifically keeps a naked neck around so people will look at her other chickens and go " What on earth is wrong with that chicken?"

 

[Oddidy]

I have 32 hens & two Roos of varying breeds. Only the Roos & the stand-out hens have individual names. The rest are named for their coops/breeds. I have the Foghorns (Leghorns), the Little Girls(Americaunas), the Peeps (Cuckoo Marans, & the Ladies (mixed bunch of my oldest hens). Then there are Curly Toes, Fluffy, & Crazy (she’s slightly psycho —-& she crows).
I bought (what are supposed to be) Delaware chicks from my local barn store a couple of weeks ago. One has a completely naked neck. She looks ridiculous, but is pretty friendly. . Guess what her name is? (Nekkid Neck).

 

[Papa58]

I'm skeptical.. yes mutations are possible but two?

Are you absolutely sure ALL the eggs came from that flock and there never was a naked neck ANYthing? A naked neck rooster? Some naked necks have quite a lot of feathers on the front and on those it's not immediately obvious they are naked necked unless you see the back of their necks.

Honestly I would say there IS a naked neck in the flock or in a neighbors yard, due to two chicks with the trait.

Without seeing the chicks, the fact you mention one of the chicks has a little bow tie- if you can easily see the lower front neck and chest this sounds like a bird possibly homozygous for the naked neck trait.. if so, that would call for at least two birds carrying the gene. If the other chick's neck is completely bare on the front all the way down to the breast, that extremely strongly suggests the two naked neck breeders in the flock.

However as I just mentioned in another thread, other traits can have an effect on the naked neck expression- such as pea comb.. when the two are present on the same bird, the result can be a far more naked looking bird, in which case it could be a case of a single naked neck bird in the flock breeding with somebody who's pea combed..

If there truly are no naked necked birds of either sex or any age in the flock or neighboring areas.. I would be extremely interested.. IF that's the case, this could suggest these are due to something possibly recessive.. something completely different from the usual naked necked birds.

I just had one hatch from 120 eggs and no turkens were around anywhere.
It looks like a yellow buzzard!