Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kev]

Genetics wise, if a rooster throws 25% NN offspring, is he himself a Nn? And also, in a recent hatch I noticed that none of my Leghorn/NN crosses were NN. Was that just a "by chance" type thing or do leghorn crosses not get NN gene?

there is no barrier in any breed or mix as for NN.

This is pure chance, especially with a small sample number. if the sample number is large, I would suspect there is something else going on, such as non-NN roo also breeding the hens.

I hatch pretty large numbers of chicks every year and it really does match the usual averages bandied about.

Another way to look at it is to flip a coin and count heads vs tails. The chances is about 50% but it can easily seem to skew one way with say, 10 flips. With 100 flips, it will come out close to 50%.

 

[nchvac]

Curious - what does he look like himself? Large muff in front of neck, or smaller muff or just a few feathers? If you get any fully feathered offspring, I believe that means he's Nn.

Statistics call for the following, but they don't always some out with those percentages, as it's chance (esp. if you'r hatching smaller numbers):

NN x nn (leghorn): All Nn

Nn x nn (leghorn): 50% Nn, 50% nn (fully feathered)

- Ant Farm (open to being corrected, but I think that's right)

He has few feathers on his neck and I keep him collared so if there was a spot of feathers it would have grown out by now. With that said, the NN offspring all have a tuft of feathers in the middle of the neck. Rooster is a Black Rooster from Murray Mc....

 

[tlee1956]

I just bought another (3rd Turken) adorable chick.I was curious as to what her feathering might look like when she's mature. Any guesses?

 

[DesertChic]

I just bought another (3rd Turken) adorable chick.I was curious as to what her feathering might look like when she's mature. Any guesses?

All of my "chipmunk" NN pullets have feathered out to be a variation of buff to red with flecks of either black or silver. Here's a sampling:

 

[tlee1956]

All of my "chipmunk" NN pullets have feathered out to be a variation of buff to red with flecks of either black or silver. Here's a sampling:

Thanks for the quick reply Excited to watch her grow!

 

[chickengr]

All of my "chipmunk" NN pullets have feathered out to be a variation of buff to red with flecks of either black or silver. Here's a sampling:

my emily and jumbo look exactly like these 2 chickens, lol. but they were totally yellow at hatch.

 

[DesertChic]

my emily and jumbo look exactly like these 2 chickens, lol. but they were totally yellow at hatch.

Both of these girls lay green eggs.

 

[draye]

All of my "chipmunk" NN pullets have feathered out to be a variation of buff to red with flecks of either black or silver. Here's a sampling:

So were those hens from an individual or from a hatchery?

 

[DesertChic]

So were those hens from an individual or from a hatchery?

I purchased my original NN flock as hatching eggs from a breeder. These are the girls I bred/hatched from that first flock.

 

[chickengr]

Both of these girls lay green eggs.

lucky you!

I didn't have any luck with hatching green egger NNs. 1 chick almost hatched but remained in the shell and died, the others didn't hatch at all and the last one stole bloody rat. and at the end my alina died as well. btw, she choked and probably got scared and had a heart attack. she was very skittish.