Yeah, being a frizzle pretty much a disadvantage to a chicken aside from the looks. Honestly though, I don't think my chickens (except my rooster) care about how they look.
Name: Twinkle
Age: 14 months
Breed: Silver Colored EE/Black Cochin Bantam
How'd You Wound Up With this chicken: I wanted two more chicks to raise and add to my flock, and I coincidentally found a place with four black chicks they were going to give away. I grabbed one chick with sleek black...
QUESTION!!!! Can you enter a bird that is half bantam, half standard? I could just say standard, because my roo doesn't look like a bantam, but that would be cheating right?
My EE frizzle hen Twilight is the prettiest hen in my flock. But a while ago she began losing feathers in odd places. It started out on the head and back, this led me to believe it was Twinkle the rooster, Twilight's brother. I was going to get her a hen apron before I actually saw Twinkle mount...