Can you get a frizzle from a molted Cochin and a silkie?

[Basskids08]

Does it matter which is male or female to use to get frizzle chicks. I have a pair off molted Cochins and I believe 3 buff silkie girls and possibly one black silkie male. Just wondering on how this will work and what ones to use? Thanks for the help. Also if I'm not in the right section let me know where to post!



Edited for spelling

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It doesn't matter which parent but one (and only one) parent has to have the frizzle gene. Silkies aren't frizzles.
Unless your Cochins are frizzles then you'll get sizzles.

ETA

This is an old thread but may help you.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/338046/silkies-sizzles-frizzles-what-are-they

 

[Basskids08]

So what your saying and if I'm reading the post correct than I have to have something already frizzled?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Correct. Silkie feathers aren't frizzle feathers. Frizzle is a gene that causes the feathers to curl backward. Silkies feathers are just silkie.

I didn't word it very well. A silkie bred to a frizzled bird will yield sizzles. Silkie feathers that are frizzled.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The gene that causes silkie feathers is labeled "h," and is an autosomal recessive gene. The gene that causes frizzled feathers is labeled "F," and is an autosomal incompletely dominant gene. Autosomal means that both parents carry two copies of a location for a gene; sex-linked means that the cock carries two locations, but the hen only has one. So, it doesn't matter which parent provides the gene.

 

[Basskids08]

Thank you both for the help and information. I guess I need to start again and find a chicken with the frizzle gene!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I know Sandhill has frizzles. I got some from him.

 

[Basskids08]

I know Sandhill has frizzles. I got some from him.

Do you know if they ship?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes they ship but they're a little odd to order from.
There's an explanation of frizzle on the first catalog page and information about ordering.

http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/pages/poultry_catalog.html

 

[Basskids08]

Thank you, I'm going to check out this site now!