Frizzle thread

[yoopergirl1211]

Hey guys. So I have a frizzled Bantam roo and I've been collecting fun, pretty Bantam girls for him to see what I get and to maybe sell just for fun. My first batch goes in incubator beginning of may to see if hes doing his job lol. I'm going to some of the first batch but would I be better keeping the smooth feathered ones? Do they carry the gene? I know not to breed frizzled to frizzled but not much after that. As I said just for fun backyard additions not worried about pure breds or show worthy or anything like that. Thanks!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Hey guys. So I have a frizzled Bantam roo and I've been collecting fun, pretty Bantam girls for him to see what I get and to maybe sell just for fun. My first batch goes in incubator beginning of may to see if hes doing his job lol. I'm going to some of the first batch but would I be better keeping the smooth feathered ones? Do they carry the gene? I know not to breed frizzled to frizzled but not much after that. As I said just for fun backyard additions not worried about pure breds or show worthy or anything like that. Thanks!

Yes keep the smooth feathered ones if you plan to breed them back to the rooster. If they arent frizzled then they dont carry the gene. If they have it it shows.
I wouldnt breed frizzle to frizzle.
You can keep using a frizzle rooster over non frizzle hens. Keeping non frizzled pullets back as breeders. You would be selling all the frizzles (except any cockerels that you might want to keep) and some smooth feathered ones too. Frizzled anything will sell better then smooth feathered mixes.
If you really like the frizzles then start keeping frizzled pullets and then replace your frizzle rooster with a non frizzled one. More frizzles to look at for you that way.

 

[Daethen]

This is my hen that I think is a frazzle. She has lots of feathers but they do not fluff out at all. And she is a naked neck. I call her Ugh-a-bug.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Yes keep the smooth feathered ones if you plan to breed them back to the rooster. If they arent frizzled then they dont carry the gene. If they have it it shows.
I wouldnt breed frizzle to frizzle.
You can keep using a frizzle rooster over non frizzle hens. Keeping non frizzled pullets back as breeders. You would be selling all the frizzles (except any cockerels that you might want to keep) and some smooth feathered ones too. Frizzled anything will sell better then smooth feathered mixes.
If you really like the frizzles then start keeping frizzled pullets and then replace your frizzle rooster with a non frizzled one. More frizzles to look at for you that way.

Thank you! That is exactly the info I needed!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

This is my hen that I think is a frazzle. She has lots of feathers but they do not fluff out at all. And she is a naked neck. I call her Ugh-a-bug.

It does look frazzled.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

It does look frazzled.

What does frazzled mean?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What does frazzled mean?

It when you breed a frizzle to a frizzle and you end up with a frazzle.

Frazzle have over curly feathers that are brittle and break off easily. A chicken can end up nearly bald by the end of a season because of it. So never breed frizzle to frizzle.

 

[The Moonshiner]

What does frazzled mean?

A frazzle is what some are calling a bird that gets two copies of the frizzle gene.
Both parents being frizzled and each passing the gene to the offspring.
A "frazzle" would produce all frizzled chicks.
Problem is when a chicken gets two frizzle genes it makes the feathers real brittle and they wont grow or break off leaving the chicken with large bald spots.
Ive gotten them from others and never had one reach adulthood (others have but i havent)
They seemed to not have much of a quality life for the time they did survive. Thats why i wont breed frizzle to frizzle.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My one I got from a 4H breeder lived 3 years. He spent his second summer nearly naked, and died over winter.

 

[Daethen]

My hen is almost a year old now. I got her from our local feed mill with a few other frizzle chicks. Out of 6 I ended up with 2 perfect frizzled roos, one perfect frizzled pullet, one smooth roo, Ugh-a-bug and my dog killed one as a chick. I kept one roo and the 2 hens. I was surprised how well Ugh did over the winter. Poor dear even tried to sit some eggs but she had nothing to cover them with.