What in the heavens is this?

[Happy Camper]

My uncle is very knowledgable about chickens and farm animals in general. He showed me this last week and asked me to help him find out what it was. I joined the forum pretty much to find out.

The bird is eating well, growing "normally", behaving normally... it has five fingers and feathers under the eyelids. It is a a dark smoky gray color... any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[hdowden]

its a turken aka necked neck it looks very very healthy. it will never have any feathers on its neck

follow this link to see more turkens

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Turkens/BRKTurkens.html

 

[Happy Camper]

Well, thanks so much!!!! Any ideas why this one has 5 fingers? Is it common for chickens in general to have 5 fingers as a deformation?

 

[hdowden]

certain breeds have five toes but for the most part they all have 4 toes

 

[leadwolf1]

I think that is a Naked Neck X silkie mix...that would cause the black skin and the 5 toes.

And, that is a really tiny NN for being so feathered

 

[hdowden]

i want some bantam necked necks

 

[Panth]

LOVE...I want one!!!

 

[aoxa]

Here is my black Naked Neck Turken. She is small enough to be considered bantam size. A little smaller than a silkie the same age. Her parents were the size of a RSL though, so she may just be slow growing. Everyone answered your question, but here is mine just to compare She is 11 weeks old and fully feathered. They are extremely healthy birds overall. Very good with heat AND cold. They are not a chicken x turkey cross. I've been asked that by anyone who visits my farm

 

[leadwolf1]

Since we are sharing pics, here is a pic of my NN pullet at about 16 weeks...I just absolutely love them, they are by far the sweetest of all my birds!

 

[Happy Camper]

Wow!!! Thanks everybody, I love this forum!!!

My uncle does not even have a computer... he'll be thrilled when I show him your posts in my laptop. We have tropical weather in Puerto Rico year round and we are a small island... it is not common to see varieties like these everywhere. I will check how old is the chick... it was given to him by a friend who came across the chick... is it possible to get this turken from "regular" non turken breeds?

In fact it is rare to see any of the gorgeous breeds I see in this community that belong to cooler temperatures...

My uncle has mostly English breeds and a local breed that we call "kiri"... Is a beautiful minature version (very, very tiny) of English breeds... we also have a beautiful local breed of tail-less roosters, they also are bred in the tiny size... I will try to upload some pics of mine soon... for now check this "kiri bolo" (tiny no tail breed)...

http://www.clasificadosonline.com/FF/Pets/2011/10/26/634552641182719952k41q5qhp.jpg