Frizzle Naked Neck and Silkie?

SeaPolka

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What will I get if I incubate eggs from my frizzle naked neck after the Silkie mated her?? I've heard of the sizzle but haven't seen pictures, if the sizzle works the same as a showgirl wouldn't you have to breed the offspring to one of the parents? I would like birds with frizzled feathers but I don't have a normal feathered NN cockerel, so will the chicks just look a mess??
 
Half the offspring will be frizzle, as it is a dominant gene (frizzles should not be bred together as it causes brittle, breakable feathers, hence I assume the mother only has one copy of the gene).
They won't be silkie-feathered unless the NN carries the gene as it is recessive and takes two copies to express.
They will likely have dark skin, five toes, a walnut comb, and a crest from the silkie parent; these are all dominant genes.
Either half or all will have a naked neck with a bowtie, depending on how many copies of the gene the mother has for the naked neck (a bowtie can be an indicator of only a single copy of the gene).

They will not be sizzles or showgirls, as those are being worked toward a standard. If you wish to work toward a standard, you will likely need to use backcrossing, and definitely need a larger gene-pool than the offspring of a single pair. If it's just to create yard-candy, then I think you're all set; they should make excellent broodies too.
 

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