funny feathers

[blue fire]

one of my 6 week old chicks has curly feathers. What has caused this, and is it normal?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

It's a frizzle! What breed is it, do you know??

 

[blue fire]

it is a Rhode island red. but it is only fuzzy on the end of its wing feathers.

 

[marie_martin]

That is how it starts, on the wings. Here is a pic of my frizzled silkie (called a sizzle because it actually has regular feathers that are frizzled not silkie feathers) Anyway, you can see how the wings are curled out.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/marie_martin/P4190271.jpg

Is that what yours are doing?

Marie

 

[justusnak]

blue fire....can you post pics?? This would help alot. Besides....I jsut LOVe pics of chicks!! LOL

 

[blue fire]

how do you post pictures?

 

[justusnak]

Go to www.photobucket.com Its free to use, and very easy. Once your pics are loaded there, you can easily post them here. Good luck, I cant waite to see this little one!

 

[2mnypets]

Blue Fire you can also go to the General Discussions forum here in BYC and the administrator has done a sticky note for FAQ and Chicken Dictionary. Here is the link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=204

 

[blue fire]

this is a bit blurry

just took these this morning

 

[marie_martin]

I can't see them that well but from what I can tell, that is not a frizzle. The feathers would be curling back toward the head from what I have been told. Someone else may know better than me. But in my opinion it is not a frizzle.

Here is an updated pic of my sizzle.

As you can see, all the feathers are curling backward toward his/her head.

Does that help?

Marie