Need Frizzle Advice ASAP

[crazyfeathers]

Hi,
I am going to feed my chicken addiction again and purchase some more chicks. The lady has frizzle chicks but the chicks are less than a week old, is there any way for me to choose the frizzle chicks and not the astrolorps, EE, or production reds "besides the obvious" ? Any help would be appreciated, I plan on getting at least 12 so I have 12 chances lol. Thanks everyone. Maybe if anyone has pictures of americauna/frizzle or production reds/frizzle chicks that could help.

 

[Stiggy]

At a week old its pretty impossible to pick what will be a normal feathered chick and a frizzled chick.... Sorry I don't know what they will look like once they mature ( I only have polish, Silkie and Sussex frizzles) however at that young age the feathering wont show what they will be . even when breeding frizzles there is only a 50/50 chance of getting frizzled offspring if both parents carry the gene so many could be 'plain' . besides you cant really sex them at a week, in my opinion I would wait till they are older/ purchase some that are older when you can tell what they will be and or even older as to what gender they are.

 

[crazyfeathers]

Thanks for the feedback. I am still going to get some and hope for the best. I will love them regardless.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Look at the wing tips, where the first hard feathers are coming in. I can tell at 4-ish days which are my frizzles and which are smooths.
Good luck!

 

[crazyfeathers]

Will the wing tips be curly or frizzled already?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

You should be able to see a bit of a curl on those first wing feathers. Sometimes it is just a subtle curve rather than an actual *curl*.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

I found an old pic that might help. All 4 of the chicks on the right are frizzles.

 

[crazyfeathers]

Thank you Dipsy! I checked their feathers like you said and sure enough I could tell, I'm so excited!!! Thanks for giving me good information, now 6 months of waiting lol.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Glad to hear it! Now you have to show them off : )

 

[RobinB84]

Thanks for thos thread! I have a mystery chick that is a Frizzle according to out ward curving feathers!!! Yay