ChickenGirl300
Crowing
- Jun 16, 2019
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Our broody hens' eggs hatched yesterday. We had 7 OE eggs and 2 EE, one of which is possibly a frizzle. My question is, does feathered legs suggest that chick is an EE frizzle? Thank you
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Thanks. We bought them from a farm (with separate pens for different breeds) and the person there said it MIGHT be a frizzle, they weren't sure. But if you think there is a possibility, then that sounds good to me!Hey! It really depends, if your frizzle is the only one in the flock with feathered legs then yes, but if any of the other OE or EE have the trait then it might be some other OE or EE.
If you could update us when some of the feathers come in that would be great!Thanks. We bought them from a farm (with separate pens for different breeds) and the person there said it MIGHT be a frizzle, they weren't sure. But if you think there is a possibility, then that sounds good to me!
Well thanks for your opinion. You definitely know more than me though!My understanding is that a chicken needs one copy of the Frizzle gene to be a frizzle and that feathered legs have nothing to do with being frizzle. The chick could have inherited the feathered leg gene without inheriting the frizzle gene...I’m a complete newbie at genetics so maybe I’m wrong