Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[ChuskaMtns]

Last week a possum killed my big naked neck rooster. He lives on though in his babies. So here is Leroy Jr. and Peaches. R.I.P Leroy

So sorry for your loss. Leroy was a handsome boy indeed.

 

[ochochicas]

What a precious little baby! If it's a little cockerel you can always use him in your breeding program.

I'd love to keep him, but he doesn't quite fit in with what I was breeding for. I'm hoping to get a nice rooster out of my marans chicks. However, if I don't get one I could definitely keep this little guy. Still hoping he's a pullet though. Too early to tell at only 8 days! He is getting the darker coloring of a Wheaten cockerel, but his mom is a black and silver EE/Turken cross, so he could be getting the darker color from her.

How early can you typically tell the sex of a Turken? Also, do they feather out more slowly than other breeds?

 

[Lacey1988]

So sorry for your loss. Leroy was a handsome boy indeed.

Thank you.

 

[subhanalah]

This is dad...aka RON Beloved by many, especially family and friends and many on this site appreciate his sharp mind and...tongue. The tongue might be just be a bit too sharp on occasion but that's a family trait. I wouldn't change anything about him.

rabid cat-bun. I guess the cat's out of the bag, now? Did you guys ever bring him back home...

 

[Turk Raphael]

rabid cat-bun.
I guess the cat's out of the bag, now?
Did you guys ever bring him back home...

Hi there! He should touch down on US soil 8/18. He will be arriving in LaGuardia in NYC and will stay there for about a week, returning to Pittsburgh PA where Jason will pick him up.

Thanks for asking!

 

[Vamvakas]

Last week a possum killed my big naked neck rooster. He lives on though in his babies.

So here is Leroy Jr. and Peaches.




R.I.P Leroy

That must set your nerves rambling a bit..

We all been in that path, my Black Australorp roo has horrific fertile rate and I only got 4 chicks from 3 broody hens and now I'm down to 1 BA chick cause hawks ate the other 3, now there caged inside and no more free range. Most of eggs turn rotten from him cause he's a part time mater. My red NN is good mater though.

 

[ChuskaMtns]

How early can you typically tell the sex of a Turken?  Also, do they feather out more slowly than other breeds?

Before mine hit 3 weeks of age I could tell the difference between the pullets & the cockerels. The cockerels will develop their wattles & pronounced comb by then. Seems like the NNs (mine anyway) mature faster than my other breeds (Golden Marans, Polish, English Orps, Ameraucanas & EEs). You'll be finding out soon enough. I'll be crossing my fingers & toes for you that it's a pullet!

 

[hildar]

Hi there! He should touch down on US soil 8/18. He will be arriving in LaGuardia in NYC and will stay there for about a week, returning to Pittsburgh PA where Jason will pick him up.

Thanks for asking!

I hope he hasn't been in Africa. With all of the Ebola scare going on.

 

[sasimpson77]

What color is this turken and I am I right that she is a pullet?

 

[sasimpson77]

What color is this turken and I am I right that she is a pulle

By the way it hatched April 11th.