Frizzle thread

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Hello, we just added a frizzle to our mixed flock. I really enjoy looking at all of your pics and my daughter has been in love with frizzles for a while. We did a hatch this spring and the only bantem to make it was a silkie roo so we began to look for him some girlfriends and were having no luck with finding mate ready silkies (locally). We decided to try Cochin bantams and came home with a partridge frizzle and a splash. We are enjoying them but so far the roo is still running the big girls who shake him off.

Hopefully he too will soon see the Cochin beauty!

Good looking frizzle girl.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Thanks. The splash is half way through a molt so she is a little scruffy. I can't imagine what the frizzle will look like when she molts.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Thanks. The splash is half way through a molt so she is a little scruffy. I can't imagine what the frizzle will look like when she molts.

I seen some that look pitiful.So far not so with mine.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

I seen some that look pitiful.So far not so with mine.

Some definatly look worse than others. Dotty isn't too bad, but her tail is stumpy and she is not very smooth But I am sure shee will be georgeous when she finishes the molt.

Any guess on what color will come out between a partridge and a white mix?

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

Some definatly look worse than others. Dotty isn't too bad, but her tail is stumpy and she is not very smooth But I am sure shee will be georgeous when she finishes the molt.

Any guess on what color will come out between a partridge and a white mix?

No clue,I think a lot depends on what is hidden under the white.Also if the white is dominant white or recessive white.If dominate white you would get white chicks and some may have black spots.If recessive white you will get colored chicks and if those chicks when grown are mated to each other or recessive white birds you will get white birds.Hope this helps.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: It is a variation that is recognized for every breed by both APA and ABA. A frizzled plymouth rock would be entered in the American class, with plymouth rock as the breed and white (for example) as the variety. You would also list that it is frizzled. Likewise a rosecomb would be entered in RCCL, etc. If it is a good enough bird, it could win its class or even show championship, regardless of breed.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

No clue,I think a lot depends on what is hidden under the white.Also if the white is dominant white or recessive white.If dominate white you would get white chicks and some may have black spots.If recessive white you will get colored chicks and if those chicks when grown are mated to each other or recessive white birds you will get white birds.Hope this helps.

I know he is from a multi-generation white silkie flock but how would I know if the white is recessive? Or would the multi-generations kind of "breed out" the recessiveness and make it dominate? I am just curious. I think my husband is curious enough that we may try a hatch in the spring if we get visual confirmation of a mating between now and then.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: A gene (actualy an allele, that is, a variation, of a gene) is or is not recessive. Can't change it. What can happen is that over time all the birds in a flock may inherit two copies of the recessive alleles and consistently display the recessive trait as a result. It really depends on which birds are kept and which ones are removed from the breeding pool. But breed that double recessive bird to a bird that only has the dominant allele, and the dominant allele will display every time.

Almost all white silkies are recessive white. With the caveot that if they have a paint background, all bets are off on that.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

A gene (actualy an allele, that is, a variation, of a gene) is or is not recessive. Can't change it. What can happen is that over time all the birds in a flock may inherit two copies of the recessive alleles and consistently display the recessive trait as a result. It really depends on which birds are kept and which ones are removed from the breeding pool. But breed that double recessive bird to a bird that only has the dominant allele, and the dominant allele will display every time.

Almost all white silkies are recessive white. With the caveot that if they have a paint background, all bets are off on that.

Well, it may be a mute point if he doesn't stop chasing the big girls and start showing interest in the Frizzle. I am not sure my silkie has had a successful mating yet. He is usually so surprised if one of the big girls squats for him that he jumps on and slides off the otherside before he is successful.

I keep trying to tell him it would be easier/more enjoyable if he would go after the two new (banty) girls but you know teenagers - they never listen to their parents!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Moot, not mute

But don't count his sliding off on the other side as being completely unsuccessful unless you have verified the lack of fertility in the eggs laid by those hens. If he is not showing interest in hte frizzle, I would guess that she is not yet fertile herself. You could try penning him with the ones you want mated.