Bantams Frizzles Chicken Breed Page

Size: Bantam Colors: Various Eggs: ? Temperament: Tame & Docile

Frizzles are one of the most popular and desirable bantam chickens. Their "backwards" feathers are give them a striking appearance - they look like they backed up into a hair dryer! Docile and sweet, they make good pets, too.

Apparently, frizzles are the result of a mutant gene, and can come from most any breed. You can create your own frizzle "variety" by breeding a straight-feathered breed with a frizzle chicken!

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