Frizzle Rooster x Silkie Hen

[2chookchooks]

Feather type question

What feather type will the offspring of the Frizzle rooster and Silkie hen have ? Or potentially have ?


I've included a photo of his parents , which we think are both silkie crosses incase that will affect it .


Also are frizzle feathers dominate or recessive . So will a frizzle chick alway be a male if dad is a frizzle or is it more compilated than that ? (Its chicken genetics so I'm assuming more complicated )

 

[Sneebsey]

Frizzle is incomplete dominant, one copy gives frizzle and two gives frazzled chicks which are undesirable and often unhealthy; frizzles shouldn't be bred together. Around half the chick's will be frizzle.

Silkie feathering is recessive and takes two copies to express; one from each parent. If your Cockerel is carrying a Silkie gene, you will see Silkie feathering in half the chicks, if not, none will be silkied but all will carry one copy.

Silkie and frizzle can express together, and will look somewhat like curly hair.

 

[2chookchooks]

Thanks

Frizzle is incomplete dominant, one copy gives frizzle and two gives frazzled chicks which are undesirable and often unhealthy; frizzles shouldn't be bred together. Around half the chick's will be frizzle.

Silkie feathering is recessive and takes two copies to express; one from each parent. If your Cockerel is carrying a Silkie gene, you will see Silkie feathering in half the chicks, if not, none will be silkied but all will carry one copy.

Silkie and frizzle can express together, and will look somewhat like curly hair.

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[2chookchooks]

Here it is ,

their first chick

 

[Mimi13]

Here it is , View attachment 1411409 their first chick

Oh how sweet. I can’t wait to see what it finally looks like.