Frizzle Contest! ~CLOSED!~

[perfectly_polish]

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Wow, your mottled blue hen is absolutly gorgeous! Where did you get her, any have any eggs

 

[chikkinlittlesc]

Thanks so much for the comments. I got her back in 2003 from a breeder in North Carolina. She passed away a couple of years ago. I placed with her at my very first show in 2003 and won Reserve Frizzle. The babies are some of her grandchildren. I don't have any eggs right now. I lost just about my whole flock 2 summers ago and I am working now on trying to get it back together. I had about 75 cochins and lost all but 12. Now I only have 8. So hopefully by next Spring, I will have some good layers and lots of little ones!

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Are they mottled like her? I would love some of those eggs

 

[chikkinlittlesc]

I have 2 roos that are blue mottled from her. They are smooth feathered and carry the frizzle gene.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Do you have to breed mottled to mottled to get a mottled, or is like with blues, where you could get blue, black or splash?

 

[chikkinlittlesc]

You normally breed mottled to mottled, but you can breed mottled to black or blue and get 50% mottled.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Ends tomorrow! Let's go everyone!

 

[LilPeeps]

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You can't have a smooth bird that carries the frizzled gene. 1 copy of the gene results in frizzled feathered birds, 2 copies is a curly, if it's not either of these, its not carrying the gene

I absolutely love that blue mottled, she was gorgeous!

 

[laughingllama75]

LilPeeps,
I am not trying to sound contradictory, but I am confused. I have a rooster that is "regular feathered, out of a frizzle hen and a "regular" roo. he passes on the frizzle, bred to flat feathered hens. Is it me? I am confused?? I know it is him, because I have pure RIR bantam hens he breeds sometimes, and the chicks usually come out frizzled.

 

[tnkinhunting]

Laughinglama, You are correct - here is a link from a well known authority on frizzles

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Friz/WhatMakesFriz.html