Frizzle Faverolles project

[MtCleod]

I have begun my journey on a frizzle salmon Faverolles project. A frizzle hen has one of my first chickens, so I have a soft spot for them.

I may be ambitious but I have a rough plan. After playing on the chicken colour calculator for longer than I care to admit, I decided I wanted a silver duckwing frizzle pekin rooster (yes I’m Australian, what you call bantam Cochins, we call pekins. We still have pekin ducks).

This was the hard part. Using other colours would take much longer to get back to salmon, and I wanted to focus on getting back to type early on. Do you think I could find a silver duckwing rooster? I got to a point where I considered getting black Faverolles to make it easier for me.

I finally found what I thought was a silver duckwing, to be corrected and learn he is a birchen. No worries, he’s still a silver base so I can work with that! He got his name of Frizzle Rick by my husband, which suits the rooster’s attitude very well!

He know has three babies that are almost one week old. I am impatiently waiting to see if they’ve inherited the frizzle gene, but like all chicks, they are so cute!

Frizzle Rick is looking deceptively tall in the image, as he’s standing on a mound. The biggest challenge for him has been mounting the standard sized hens. He is very keen but he needs a step ladder!

 

[MtCleod]

Three very cute frizzle pekin (bantam Cochin) x salmon faverolles.

They are almost one week old and very robust. They are the same size as standard salmon Faverolles I incubated at the same time. The SF were from posted eggs.

They have a 50% chance of being smooth or frizzled.

If the are frizzled, I will I breed these back to salmon Faverolles. There will a 50% chance of getting back to the salmon colour.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Ooo! Please keep me updated, this looks fairly interesting and fun to follow along with. You’re probably looking at a 25% chance or so of frizzling + the salmon coloration when you breed back to the favorelles devoid of whether they may be muffed/bearded or not, i’m curious to see these guys grow though.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have 2 frizzles. My first frizzle...Was a rooster, splash and not pretty.
His baby below, (gray egg layer)

She had a few hens that looked like her, She passed away at 8.
I still have one of her babies below, Dark gray egg for her.) I hope to bring back the blue feather color.

I also have a NN/frizzle. Not related, but I bought the egg from a lady in NC. I was looking for NN or frizzles, I am glad to have found a combo of both. Her egg is light green.

I ordered 3 EE frizzle from Meyers, for Jan. I thought about getting a rooster so I could breed these hens and have more eggs for the incubator. But decided it would be easier to just hatch. (I have hatched shipped before.)

 

[MtCleod]

Ooo! Please keep me updated, this looks fairly interesting and fun to follow along with. You’re probably looking at a 25% chance or so of frizzling + the salmon coloration when you breed back to the favorelles devoid of whether they may be muffed/bearded or not, i’m curious to see these guys grow though.

I’m hoping so! These three are looking like they didn’t get the frizzle gene, I’ve got another batch in the incubator. Hopefully, the frizzle rooster has lifted his game and fertility is better! They’re due on the 14th Jan, so hopefully more success there.

 

[MtCleod]

Four salmon Faverolles and three pekin (bantam Cochin) x Faverolles chicks. They are all three weeks old.

Despite the small paternal size, the black chicks are rivalling the size of the large Faverolles chicks. It will be interesting to see their final adult size. The bantam mixes are very solid and surprisingly heavy when I pick them up.

I was convinced all three were smooth as at 2 weeks old they had no curly feathers. However in the last week it’s looking like two might be starting to frizzle!

I have four more frizzle pekin x Faverolles eggs in the incubator, they are due to hatch in 9 days.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Four salmon Faverolles and three pekin (bantam Cochin) x Faverolles chicks. They are all three weeks old.

Despite the small paternal size, the black chicks are rivalling the size of the large Faverolles chicks. It will be interesting to see their final adult size. The bantam mixes are very solid and surprisingly heavy when I pick them up.

I was convinced all three were smooth as at 2 weeks old they had no curly feathers. However in the last week it’s looking like two might be starting to frizzle!

I have four more frizzle pekin x Faverolles eggs in the incubator, they are due to hatch in 9 days.

Cute! Makes sense they're so big, I *believe but may be wrong* the bantam dwarf gene(I think this is what is used in most bantams..) is recessive, so bantam to LF breedings create LF chicks who carry the dwarf gene..
I think I may see one potential frizzle in the photo.. adorable! Good luck on the eggs and I hope those chicks grow well.

 

[MtCleod]

Cute! Makes sense they're so big, I *believe but may be wrong* the bantam dwarf gene(I think this is what is used in most bantams..) is recessive, so bantam to LF breedings create LF chicks who carry the dwarf gene..
I think I may see one potential frizzle in the photo.. adorable! Good luck on the eggs and I hope those chicks grow well.

A quick Google indicates you are correct!

All the fun things to pop out later as a throw back! I’m sure there will be more recessive or unexpected genes that’ll throw challenges my way!

 

[MtCleod]

Almost four weeks old. The smooth cockerel is such a poser!

 

[MtCleod]

Unfortunately none of the first round of attempts received the frizzle gene. I’m coming into winter, so no further attempts for a few months.

I am preparing with a couple of different birds to add into the next season.

However, it has been a good learning opportunity as they have a number of interesting genes on both paternal and maternal sides. Beards, polydactyly, sexlinked melanising gene, brachydactyly, feather legs, vulture hocks, dwarfism, yellow legs, ER vs eWh loci, and somehow even a crest!

Projects are great for earning about everything except the goal .