Frizzle Feather Fragility?

[tellynpeep]

My Frizzle Cochin Roo has finally feathered-out and is one handsome fellow (well, some of the girls still laugh at him, but I think he's cute...)
My question is: His primaries seem to break very easily, and instead of feathers there he has a bunch of stiff broken quills. Is this common, and is there anything I can do to prevent it? Is this indicative of a homozygous bird (the rest of his feathers are beautiful..)?

 

[nzpouter]

post a pic when he's in full feather.

 

[TXmom]

My Sizzle has stiff quills on the wings also. He's still young (9 weeks) but I'm pretty sure it's a little roo because of his comb and wattles. His back and neck have soft frizzle/sizzle feathers, but the wings are very scratchy quills. There is a possibility that mine is double-dosed...the person I bought him from said there are frizzle roos, frizzle hens, and smooth feathers all together in the same pen...and apparently Silkies too because mine has black skin and a very Silkie-looking face.

Post a pic so we can see!!!

 

[tellynpeep]

Here are some pics; what do you all think?

Here's a pic of his primaries. You can see how they are all broken off.

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

The reason why they break like that is cause he is likely the result of a frizzle mixed with another frizzle. You need a straight feathered bird with the frizzle gene, to cross with a frizzle to get healthy feathers. Double frizzle genes will get you birds that loose feathers very easily like your's has.

 

[nzpouter]

he's not a double dose... just normal breaks, but they do look more pronounced in frizzle as the shafts are curling out.