Transylvanian Naked Necks

“What the heck”, you might be thinking? Transylvanian Naked Necks are a breed of chicken. They are hardy, smart and great layers. See them here. I thought I would mention them here as school is about finished for the year and we can get into some more school related topics next year.

We bred them for a number of years when we operated Old Macdonald’s Travelling Farms around Western Australia. They had shock value! People were often critical of the way our chickens looked because they appeared to be missing their feathers and assumed they had been attacked by something in the farm, such as a piglet! We had great pleasure in declaring that the “chickens are not sick, they are Transylvanian Naked Necks and that’s exactly how they’re meant to look”.

Of all the breeds we kept for the farm, the naked necks were one of the most talked about!