Hatching frazzle eggs

[nchls school]

Two frizzle genes get you a frazzle. Breeding a frizzle to a frizzle gives you a 25% chance of getting a frazzle. Frazzles are VERY undesirable and actually quite harmful to the bird. Good breeders of frizzles NEVER, EVER breed frizzles to frizzles. Some inexperienced breeders will breed frizzles to frizzles, thinking it increases their chances of frizzled offspring. It doesn't. You will still get 50% frizzles. What does happen is instead of 50% normal feathering, you get 25% normal feathering and 25% frazzles.

@WVduckchick breeds Frizzled Cochins and Seremas. You can talk to her if you want a better idea of how you should go about breeding frizzles.

I have been breeding frizzles for years and have no questions on this topic. I started out asking if anyone had hatched a frazzles hen's eggs. Now curiosity has taken over. Based on what I know about frizzles wouldn't a pairing of:

frazzle x frazzle produce only frazzle??
frazzle x frizzle produce 50% frazzle and 50% frizzle??

 

[Redhead Rae]

Yes, you are correct.
and if you paired a Frazzle X Smooth you would get 100% Frizzle.

 

[nchls school]

Yes, you are correct.
and if you paired a Frazzle X Smooth you would get 100% Frizzle.

And this is the pairing I want to try. Between a feral dog and cat, every frizzle I had was killed. All my serama are now smooth except for an older frazzle hen.

 

[Redhead Rae]

And this is the pairing I want to try. Between a feral dog and cat, every frizzle I had was killed. All my serama are now smooth except for an older frazzle hen.

Ah, got it. I was wondering why you were so intent on breeding a frazzle. My condolences for your losses.

 

[nchls school]

Ah, got it. I was wondering why you were so intent on breeding a frazzle. My condolences for your losses.

I see it as worth a try. Tthe hen is of good health; just has the horrid feathering of a frazzle.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I see it as worth a try. Tthe hen is of good health; just has the horrid feathering of a frazzle.

Got it. Plus, if you have a closed breeding program set up, it is always a pain to add new blood.

 

[chickenpeeple]

What's the difference between a frizzle and a frazzle? I've never heard of a frazzle before.

 

[Redhead Rae]

What's the difference between a frizzle and a frazzle? I've never heard of a frazzle before.

A frazzle has two copies of the frizzle gene which makes their feathers EXTREMELY fragile and leaves the bird practically naked. It usually happens when inexperienced breeders breed a frizzle to a frizzle, not understanding the genetics behind the trait. It is a trait that has incomplete dominance, like the color blue. If a bird has one gene, it expresses the trait lightly, if it has two, it expresses the trait more strongly. However, that isn't a problem with blue. If a bird has two blue genes, it is a splash. With two frizzle genes, it becomes a frazzle.

 

[chickenpeeple]

A frazzle has two copies of the frizzle gene which makes their feathers EXTREMELY fragile and leaves the bird practically naked. It usually happens when inexperienced breeders breed a frizzle to a frizzle, not understanding the genetics behind the trait. It is a trait that has incomplete dominance, like the color blue. If a bird has one gene, it expresses the trait lightly, if it has two, it expresses the trait more strongly. However, that isn't a problem with blue. If a bird has two blue genes, it is a splash. With two frizzle genes, it becomes a frazzle.
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Thanks, that was really interesting.