Collo Nudo Italiano
Collo Nudo Italiano means Italian Naked Neck, a chicken breed or type recognized for the bare-neck trait that leaves much of the neck without feathers. Italian sources connect it with Naked Neck ancestry and local Italian chicken populations, especially in northern and central regions. The birds usually have yellow skin and shanks, white earlobes, a single comb, and a practical dual-purpose build for eggs and meat.
The naked neck trait is genetic, not a disease or injury, and it can help birds cope with warm conditions by reducing feather coverage. Collo Nudo Italiano chickens are well suited to outdoor and small-farm systems where foraging, heat tolerance, and easy processing are valued. They still need shelter from wind, rain, predators, and severe cold. Breeders should select for healthy skin, sound body type, laying ability, and correct neck expression, while avoiding the assumption that any naked-neck cross is the Italian breed.
Colors: Barred, Birchen, Black, Blue, Brown, Buff, Columbian, Crele, Cuckoo, Duckwing, Gold, Gold Laced, Laced, Lavender, Mille Fleur, Mottled, Partridge, Penciled, Porcelain, Red, Silver, Silver Laced, Spangled, Splash, Wheaten, White
