If you breed a frizzled silkie to a silkie what do you get?

[7iluvanimals]

So the birds you would be getting would be the offspring of a Silkie hen and a frizzled Cochin rooster? Only about half of those would be frizzled, themselves, but they would all carry the silkied feather gene.

That would mean crossing the frizzled individuals back to your Silkies would make approximately 1/4 frizzled and silkied, 1/4 frizzled but not silkied, 1/4 silkied but not frizzled, and 1/4 completely smooth offspring as I said before. The non-frizzled individuals would make 1/2 silkied and 1/2 smooth offspring when bred to Silkies.

Thank you so much! The way the person made it seem was that they would be silkies with a silkie frizzle. I’m glad I asked though I told her I wasn’t interested anymore.

 

[JulieCoultes]

Silkie bred to frizzled Easter-egger would be the same as Silkie bred to frizzled Satins that do not carry the silkied gene as far as feather type. You would get half frizzled and half smooth offspring, and all would carry (but not express) the silkied gene.

As for what they would look like beyond that, it depends on what genes your Easter-egger has and what color the Silkie is. These two birds were the result of crossing a dominant White Silkie male to a smooth (not frizzled) Easter-egger female as an example:

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Those are Beautiful

 

[Ponypoor]

To add to this:

A silkie with silkie feathers AND the frizzle gene would look like this:

Hen - notice how the feathers on Fluffy’s neck curl upwards and her wing feathers are curly.

Cockerel - notice again how the feathers on the neck curl upwards - Clyde looks like he stuck his beak in an electrical outlet!

Now compare this with a regular silkie feathered bird. The feathers are smoother.

Hen - note Marty has a very smooth flow to her neck feathers and her wing feathers are not curled.

Pullet - Georgie Girl also has very smooth feathering not at all like the more curly feathers of a frizzle

Rooster - Note the smooth flowing neck feathers, even though Teddy has a spike-y crest his other feathers are not curled

Satin Silkie - Henny Penny has regular feathers

A Satin Silkie with the frizzle gene which has curled the regular feathers, this is Curly she is having a snooze, but this shows her frizzle feathers really well.

A Silkie x Polish Roo - Bert’s mum is the white frizzle Silkie, Fluffy, in those first photos. This boy shows regular feathers, no frizzle, but has lovely feathered legs.

A Silkie x Polish hen - her mum is the sleeping Satin Silkie frizzled hen, Curly. Betty shows the regular feathers with the frizzle gene like her mum, but alas no feathered legs, she does have dark skin and mulberry comb and wattles though.

So these are the possibilities when crossing regular feathers and Silkied feathers with a frizzle gene.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Then you take Betty who is half silkie and half polish and cross her back to her polish daddy for a 3/4 polish 1/4 silkie cross. Said chick has a frizzled mom and grandma, surely I should get a frizzled chick right?

WRONG!!
I end up with this handsome lad who is the spitting image of his Polish Daddy/grandfather.

Pokes George....you were supposed to be a pullet and frizzled. I love you and you are perfect, but still....frizzled pullet not smooth cockerel.

 

[Ponypoor]

Then you take Betty who is half silkie and half polish and cross her back to her polish daddy for a 3/4 polish 1/4 silkie cross. Said chick has a frizzled mom and grandma, surely I should get a frizzled chick right?

WRONG!!
I end up with this handsome lad who is the spitting image of his Polish Daddy/grandfather.
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Pokes George....you were supposed to be a pullet and frizzled. I love you and you are perfect, but still....frizzled pullet not smooth cockerel.

Yep he’s a handsome boy! His Dada is very proud of him

His Mama - she is proud also, but would just rather sleep in the sun.
Frizzle (silkie x polish)

 

[Ponypoor]

Silkie bred to frizzled Easter-egger would be the same as Silkie bred to frizzled Satins that do not carry the silkied gene as far as feather type. You would get half frizzled and half smooth offspring, and all would carry (but not express) the silkied gene.

As for what they would look like beyond that, it depends on what genes your Easter-egger has and what color the Silkie is. These two birds were the result of crossing a dominant White Silkie male to a smooth (not frizzled) Easter-egger female as an example:

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Ooooo that second photo looks just like my Henny Penny

That Roo is real eye-candy

 

[Ponypoor]

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So just got the person to respond back the hen is a silkie and the rooster is a Cochin frizzle.

Lovely cross that would be. They would be super fluffy