Frizzle or bad feather gene?

[Stormie80]

3 week old barnyard mix Roo. Mom was Olive Egger, likely a cuckoo Marans and Cream Legbar. Dad was a Polish mix of a Tolbunt Polish Roo over blue laced frizzle polish.

What is going on with his feathers? None of the other 13 look so messy with ruffled feathers.

Can you get a spontaneous frizzle? I know the frizzle gene is dominant but I don’t have any in my flock. Can it actually skip a generation?

 

[OneToManyChickens]

That doesn’t look much like a frizzle to me. The feathers on the wing are normally more curved by this age and tend not to grow in strait like that.

 

[Painted Calls]

What does this bird look like now Stormie?

 

[Stormie80]

Well, not super smooth but not frizzled either. There are two birds that came out like this. Looks like they’ve had a soft body wave perm. Just the feathers from neck and back/shoulders. They are 7 weeks now and continue to watch how they are feathering out. They’ve got medium size crest now with muffs and beard.

 

[Painted Calls]

Very interesting. Can you post some pictures?