Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Y'all are better guessers than me ; )


I have a pen of Plymouth Rocks --- Barred Rock hens and Blue Rock guy --- that makes sex-linked chicks. It is kind of sad to look at a bunch of day-old chicks in a brooder and see that most of them are male. Makes me sad and cranky!

You don't eat your extra boys?

Yes, but 'extra boys' can't be eaten fast enough or fit in my freezer ; )
I expect to get a 50% M/F ratio, but to look in a group of these sexlinked PR chicks and see 20 of 25 with the headspots (headspots = males) --- this was happening weekly!
I hope this year will show a better % of female chicks from the sex-link Rock pens. Otherwise, it would be silly to keep hatching from that pen : (
I have folks wanting only pullet Rock chicks and this was a sure way to be certain. With the % being so skewed last year, it was just a pain!

 

[Kassaundra]

Yes, but 'extra boys' can't be eaten fast enough or fit in my freezer ; )
I expect to get a 50% M/F ratio, but to look in a group of these sexlinked PR chicks and see 20 of 25 with the headspots (headspots = males) --- this was happening weekly!
I hope this year will show a better % of female chicks from the sex-link Rock pens. Otherwise, it would be silly to keep hatching from that pen : (
I have folks wanting only pullet Rock chicks and this was a sure way to be certain. With the % being so skewed last year, it was just a pain!

I see, yes eating 20 chickens a week would be difficult!

 

[Kassaundra]

A few pics from today




Audra, she was a sneaky one, but am 100% sure she is in fact a she



Cool J, (Jaxom's son) wanted him to be my main roo, but Shakespear isn't "down with that" lol




Jackie O, I think she is the mom of Cool J


Reba



Shakespear, son of Mensa and Jaxom



Think one or two

 

[hellbender]

A few pics from today




Audra, she was a sneaky one, but am 100% sure she is in fact a she



Cool J, (Jaxom's son) wanted him to be my main roo, but Shakespear isn't "down with that" lol




Jackie O, I think she is the mom of Cool J


Reba



Shakespear, son of Mensa and Jaxom



Think one or two

As usual, really nice pics of beautiful birds!

 

[hellbender]

This is our 1st Chicken Hatch EVER . . . When can I put shavings in ? 1 week old yesterday eat and drink no problems.

I hatch on a much larger scale so I won't touch this question...Sheer numbers might not make a diff...but it just might...tossed to those who hatch 100 or fewer at a time!

I'm expecting a hatch of 340 + little black/yellow marvels on the 19th...

 

[Kassaundra]

I brood on dirt and sand so no clue as to shavings, but can't imagine you couldn't put them on at 1 week.

 

[hellbender]

I brood on dirt and sand so no clue as to shavings, but can't imagine you couldn't put them on at 1 week.

 

[1TurkenLover]

I hatch on a much larger scale so I won't touch this question...Sheer numbers might not make a diff...but it just might...tossed to those who hatch 100 or fewer at a time!

Wow that's a lot for this BYC, let me count what we've got.

4 bantys






and 10 LF

















That's about 14 chickens, in 2 pins

and now were starting hatching, seems better for chick quality control.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

A few pics from today Cool J, (Jaxom's son) wanted him to be my main roo, but Shakespear isn't "down with that" lol

Yeah...he'd be my pick!!

 

[rayray983]

I have a question this is a large thread and sry if its been asked a friend of mine told me turkens are created by breeding a chicken and a turkey I've looked it up and found out its a lie but I want to know the origins of the Turkmen if anyone knows it would be greatly appreciated