Frizzles

[ashleymarie82]

Can anyone tell me how to make a frizzle? Basically, where did they come from and how do you get a purebred frizzle?

I'm not particularly looking into doing this, I just want to know how.

The reason is because I have a frizzle orphington roo. He is with a mixed flock, so no purebred chicks for sure. But I'm just curious as to how one creates a purebred frizzle and it still be purebred? How do you get that gene without veering away from the breed?

 

[chickluvinfreak]

I'm not sure how you "create" a frizzle. What I do know is that it is a genetic mutation found in a variety of breeds particularly cochins. And since its a mutation and not a actual breed you can't have a purebred frizzle. Just like if a man with brown eyes and a woman with blue eyes had a blue eyed child. That doesn't mean that the child doesn't have pure blue eyes because her fathers were brown. It was just a genetic mutation passed down from her mother. Same thing with frizzle chickens.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Good questions! I am not an expert but will share what I know.

Frizzle is not a breed, it is a feather type.

You should never breed two frizzled birds together as it can create chicks with brittle features.

If you breed him with a smooth, a portion of the chicks will be frizzled.

 

[ashleymarie82]

What I meant by purebred is one breed of chicken. Like a frizzle that has a Cochin dad and Cochin mom. It is all Cochin. For example.

 

[chickluvinfreak]

What I meant by purebred is one breed of chicken. Like a frizzle that has a Cochin dad and Cochin mom. It is all Cochin. For example.

If you bred a frizzled Cochin to a smooth feathered Cochin then yes, any of the frizzle offspring would be purebred Cochins. Or any other breed for that matter. Is that what you were asking?

 

[Puddin Fluff]

If you bred a frizzled Cochin to a smooth feathered Cochin then yes, any of the frizzle offspring would be purebred Cochins. Or any other breed for that matter. Is that what you were asking?

 

[ashleymarie82]

If you bred a frizzled Cochin to a smooth feathered Cochin then yes, any of the frizzle offspring would be purebred Cochins. Or any other breed for that matter. Is that what you were asking?

Not really. I know that you don't breed a frizzle to a frizzle. And I know that only 50% of offspring exhibits frizzle.

I really just want to know how you get frizzle to begin with. Where did the very first frizzle come from? Obviously the frizzle gene came from somewhere. Is it a "deformity"?

 

[chickluvinfreak]

Not really. I know that you don't breed a frizzle to a frizzle. And I know that only 50% of offspring exhibits frizzle.

I really just want to know how you get frizzle to begin with. Where did the very first frizzle come from? Obviously the frizzle gene came from somewhere. Is it a "deformity"?

Yes, the frizzle gene is a mutation. Just like the first person with blue eyes was the result of a mutation. I don't know where the first frizzle came from.