HENthusiastic Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Well, the topic title says it all really are you really hatching naked necks and why??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ahhhhhh - they are cute! Someone has to love them - poor loves! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 It's a surprise . Her OH has no idea what eggs are under her broodies. He is scottish and thinks that they brought a load of scotts grey and scotts dumpy eggs home. He has no idea there are naked necks and silkies under there . How bad is she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I think they are sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smanners Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Sorry they just don't look right to me. Feel the need to knit them some scarves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I like them! They a bit quirky just like me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ahhhhhh - they are cute! Someone has to love them - poor loves! Emma.x exactly - I have this lovely image of little baldie heads sticking out from under my fluffy Willow.... come on, you lot, you know you'll all be saying a huge 'ahhhh' when you see them! I think the combination of naked chickens, silkie chickens and an astonished OH is an iimage i can't wait to see (talk about counting my naked chickens before they're hatched!) ps - hey, Mostin, I rang Temple Newsam today because the absolute longing for a Speckled sussex overwhelmed me and any sense i have... thank good ness for me the cockerel still isn't doing right by his ladies, so no fertile ones at the mo.... lucky escape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkmagic Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm not keen on naked necks tbh, one of my ex batts could easily be mistaken for one at the minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sorry they just don't look right to me. Feel the need to knit them some scarves I'm with you on that one Smanners. Lets all knit them a little collection of scarves before they are born, poor loves. Have they actually evolved naturally to be that way, or have they been 'manufactured' to be like that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ps - hey, Mostin, I rang Temple Newsam today because the absolute longing for a Speckled sussex overwhelmed me and any sense i have... thank good ness for me the cockerel still isn't doing right by his ladies, so no fertile ones at the mo.... lucky escape! That's because he is waiting for the planets to align so that the broody chicken of fate (that OH can't turn away), has time to turn up at my door, get settled in, and then I can have some of those eggs too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 That's because he is waiting for the planets to align so that the broody chicken of fate (that OH can't turn away), has time to turn up at my door, get settled in, and then I can have some of those eggs too . Crackers. totally crackers. There is no such cockrel of fate Mostin! oh goodness, look at that fertile, cream legbar, cockrel who just happens to be walking up my street . I dont think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Naked necks are really lovely Girls. One of my original Girls, Scarlett, was a Naked Neck. I'd definitely get another one, when I can stop looking agt them and thinking of her. Here's some pics This is her from my bedroom window. She always looked quite elegant when she had her neck extended, reminded me of Audrey Hepburn EDITED TO ADD: They evolved that way. It's how they keep cool. The photos can't do justice to the beqautiful black feather which had a kind of beetlegreen shimmer to them. (also resized my monster pic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I love Naked Necks! They're really cute chicks + the kids love them at the farm Have they actually evolved naturally to be that way, or have they been 'manufactured' to be like that??? I've no idea how true it is but at the farm they say thy were bred with turkeys, so are called turkens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Have they actually evolved naturally to be that way, or have they been 'manufactured' to be like that??? I've no idea how true it is but at the farm they say thy were bred with turkeys, so are called turkens They are sometimes called Turkens, but it's an urban myth that they are crossed with turkeys. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I've no idea how true it is but at the farm they say thy were bred with turkeys, so are called turkens They are sometimes called Turkens, but it's an urban myth that they are crossed with turkeys. sorry. I think they just said it as something to tell the children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 That's because he is waiting for the planets to align so that the broody chicken of fate (that OH can't turn away), has time to turn up at my door, get settled in, and then I can have some of those eggs too . Crackers. totally crackers. There is no such cockrel of fate Mostin! oh goodness, look at that fertile, cream legbar, cockrel who just happens to be walking up my street . I dont think so I can dream can't I . "If you build it, they will come", they were talking about chickens you know! Have you noticed that one of the chickens next to Witchhazels naked neck looks like your Poppy and my buffy babies . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isobel Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I don't think it matters what they look like on the outside really - I'm sure they all look exactly like this underneath anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm going to have a naked neck one day! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ps - hey, Mostin, I rang Temple Newsam today because the absolute longing for a Speckled sussex overwhelmed me and any sense i have... thank good ness for me the cockerel still isn't doing right by his ladies, so no fertile ones at the mo.... lucky escape! That's because he is waiting for the planets to align so that the broody chicken of fate (that OH can't turn away), has time to turn up at my door, get settled in, and then I can have some of those eggs too . oh dear mostey, that's asking a lot - not just a COF but a BROODY COF here's an idea, why not create your very own broody COF and speckled darllings? Firstly we'll wait for one of my to hatch out a white silkie boy, then when he's entered puberty he can hide in my car and pay a secret visit to your house, then he'll slip out into the garden while ShaunW is distracted by vast quantities of K's rocky road (yes, I fully expect K to take part in this exercise) then my boy will go spend some 'special time' with your Lilly. When she hides herself away to hatch her babies they'll all come out like my Babs (who is a Goldentop or Clocker - a darling buff creation arising from the conjugal visitation of a handsome white male silkie and a floozy of a light sussex). THEN you and i will go to Temple Newsam 'for a coffee' and my new pal Shelley, the farm manager, will slip some fertile eggs (ever so gently mind) in a bag cunningly held open at your feet. We'll then go back to your house to visit your girls, you will head straight up to see your Clocker as it will, no doubt, be corn o'clock. Bending down to meet this girl's demands, the fertile speckled sussex eggs will roll - ever so gently - under this permanently broody girl. Easy does it, no? ShaunW couldn't possibly turf the fertile eggs out, cause that would be just the same as murder (and they wouldn't make a suitable omlette anyway). In a few short and easy steps you'll end up with an assured broody and a whole nestful of Speckled Sussex chicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 That Laurmurf..... was pure brilliance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Wow. Your OHs don't stand a chance! You are the most devious chook-keeper in the world. Is this to be known as 'doing a Laurmurf'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 *kisses tips of fingers, Italian style* Fantastic, pure brilliance, and all a complete accident Mwaaaa haaaa haaa, I will sleep well tonight dreaming of my future speckled sussex's . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 it's easy when you put your mind to it... Between your new flock of Speckled Sussex and my Transylvanian darlings they'll never know what hit 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Have you noticed that one of the chickens next to Witchhazels naked neck looks like your Poppy and my buffy babies . I did indeed, and beautiful she is too Speckled sussies are truly gorgeous. I think I have one on order with Jody from Raw Green Cottages, and a cream legbar........... but I may have forgotten that it was so long ago. Or I may have cancelled, I really cant remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hen you have obviously been spending too much time with Mostin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
