Ended 6th Annual New Years Day Hatch a long 2015 Cutest Chick Hatched Contest

[draye]

Very cute!

I hope she will have a nice crest too.

Me too. I think she may have one it looks like there is a small start of one.

 

[bantambury]

@draye
if its a crested ee project and its 1/8 polish 3/8 ee and 1/2 copper marans how long will you breed to get the polish out? or do you want it to stay?

im asking bc I am working on a silkie frizzle project but the dad is 1/2 Japanese bantam......if I have that blood in the chicks can I still see these as frizzle? not silkie frizzle? bc im worried some people wont want them because of the splash of Japanese in the lines

 

[bantambury]

it was hard choosing one picture

I didn't get the opportunity to do a real shoot with these chicks, so I just have this pic. id totally post a different one, but that was from my july clutch

 

[jbenson]

@draye
if its a crested ee project and its 1/8 polish 3/8 ee and 1/2 copper marans how long will you breed to get the polish out? or do you want it to stay?

im asking bc I am working on a silkie frizzle project but the dad is 1/2 Japanese bantam......if I have that blood in the chicks can I still see these as frizzle? not silkie frizzle? bc im worried some people wont want them because of the splash of Japanese in the lines

If one of the parents is not a frizzle, none of the chicks should come out frizzle. It's dominant genes, and pretty basic. You have to have the frizzle gene to have the trait. If you don't have the gene, you won't have frizzle. However, if both parents are frizzle, the genes will be duplicated and they compete and often cause a bird with overly curly brittle feathers and this is not at all desirable.

 

[bantambury]

If one of the parents is not a frizzle, none of the chicks should come out frizzle. It's dominant genes, and pretty basic. You have to have the frizzle gene to have the trait. If you don't have the gene, you won't have frizzle. However, if both parents are frizzle, the genes will be duplicated and they compete and often cause a bird with overly curly brittle feathers and this is not at all desirable.

my hen is a frizzle silkie, with silked feathers. the dad is a 50% Japanese bantam 50% silkie, and I bred the two together getting 50% frizzles in my hatch, all smooth feathered

 

[ronott1]

it was hard choosing one picture

I didn't get the opportunity to do a real shoot with these chicks, so I just have this pic. id totally post a different one, but that was from my july clutch

that is a very cute picture! The chick is precious!

 

[draye]

If one of the parents is not a frizzle, none of the chicks should come out frizzle. It's dominant genes, and pretty basic.  You have to have the frizzle gene to have the trait.  If you don't have the gene, you won't have frizzle.  However, if both parents are frizzle, the genes will be duplicated and they compete and often cause a bird with overly curly brittle feathers and this is not at all desirable.

I'll use the Polish until the crests are set to my satisfaction. The Polish will always be there because its in the background. I do want to breed them to look more like EE's but still maintain crests.

 

[draye]

Never mind the above posted after all.

 

[jbenson]

my hen is a frizzle silkie, with silked feathers. the dad is a 50% Japanese bantam 50% silkie, and I bred the two together getting 50% frizzles in my hatch, all smooth feathered

yes, if one parent is a frizzle, then the frizzle gene is present and dominant but all birds also have a smooth feather gene. So when you cross a frizzle feathered bird with a smooth feather bird, 25-50 percent of the offspring will get one of each gene and be frizzled and the rest will get 2 smooth feather genes and be smooth.

 

[MrsBrooke]

So sweet!

This is so cute that it makes me hungry. MrsB