Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[TeaChick]

Updated pic of my frizzle named Boo. Almost 5 weeks old. Any guess on if it's a roo or hen?

I guess roo, but it's just a guess and not that reliable, so don't hang your hat on it.
Very frizzled chick. =)

 

[TeaChick]

Oh ok thank you

do Cochins go broody. ?? I just got them today from a friend

??

They're practically known for it, but I imagine that someone else has already answered this.
Yup, just found it.

 

[SonRise Silkies]

Sorry, forgot to answer your last two questions:

Normal frizzle to smooth gives half normal frizzle and half smooth. Again, there are modifiers to the frizzle gene so a bird that appears smooth might in fact be genetically frizzled.

Ff (frizzle) x ff (smooth) gives:
50% Ff (normal frizzle)
50% ff (smooth)

Always breed a frazzle to a smooth, otherwise half the birds are frazzle and half proper frizzle. Frazzle is a real challenge to keep alive and healthy.

Thank you so much, that's a world of info. I sort of figured that....kind of like the NN gene in Showgirls. [sort of]
So....how can you tell a chick that is Frazzle from a chick that is Frizzle?
I think I have a Frazzle...and if it is a hard thing to keep alive I sure don't want to burden my friend with it.
After all this hunting for Frizzles it would be heart breaking to give her a Frazzle.
Hatchery folks don't care......just after the money, mass production can't be good for anything.
Even some breeders are just not caring or not knowledgeable enough to be selling chickens.
You have to LOVE the breed you are raising and be willing to commit to improvement with every chick.
Strive for that Grand Champion show bird even if you know it will never leave your backyard.
Don't worry there will plenty PQ to go around!

 

[ediiee]

They're practically known for it, but I imagine that someone else has already answered this.
Yup, just found it.

thank you for the info she has already about 14 eggs!! But no sings of broody was or anything?? She's only about 9 or 10 months my friend saied so she's pretty young ??

 

[SonRise Silkies]

Bye the way Kelly I love BOO, he looks like he is all personality, not to mention feathers!

 

[ediiee]

Even if they were hatched from incubator they still have the broody gene ?? I heard unless they were hatched from a hen they'll go broody , incubator chicks don't ?? Is that true ??

 

[TeaChick]

thank you for the info

she has already about 14 eggs!! But no sings of broody was or anything?? She's only about 9 or 10 months my friend saied so she's pretty young ??

Wow!!! Well, I hope all goes well. I don't know what to do either. Mine just started laying (4 eggs) and she's a year old now. She was just hatched at the wrong time of year to have started laying before the cold weather.
Hope she does go broody for you! =)

 

[ediiee]

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Wow!!!  Well, I hope all goes well.  I don't know what to do either.  Mine just started laying (4 eggs) and she's a year old now.  She was just hatched at the wrong time of year to have started laying before the cold weather.
Hope she does go broody for you! =)

thank you I hope she does go broody soon!! I have alot of little serama eggs I need hatched !! Hahaha 4 eggs!? I hope she lays more for u !

 

[SonRise Silkies]

Even if they were hatched from incubator they still have the broody gene ?? I heard unless they were hatched from a hen they'll go broody , incubator chicks don't ?? Is that true ??

Absolutely untrue. If they are a broody breed they will be broody. Incubators have nothing to do with it.
Or the hen who hatches it!!!! Don't worry.

 

[ediiee]

Absolutely untrue.  If they are a broody breed they will be broody.   Incubators have nothing to do with it.
Or the hen who hatches it!!!!    Don't worry.

. Ok good thank god ! I can't wait till I have little fluffys I currently have one hen with 4 babies !! I'm jut exited to have some more !!!