Is this a sizzle? Any guesses on gender?

[cassiadawn]

I got a few eggs labeled as "Silkie" along with some other eggs I purchased this spring. Only one hatched, and this is the resulting bird. Am I correct in guessing it's actually a sizzle? And any idea what gender it is? It's so fluffy, half the time we can only tell which end is which by the direction it's going

 

[cassiadawn]

 

[cassiadawn]

 

[ValerieJ]

It's so fluffy, half the time we can only tell which end is which by the direction it's going

I don't know what it is. Looks like a sizzle or frizzle to me! So adorable!!!!

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

It looks to be a silkie cross with a frizzle feathered breed but it’s not actually a “sizzle” until it has all silkie feathers I do believe ?? Since it’s smooth feathered it most likely only has 1 copy of the silkie feathering gene. If they have 2 copies of the gene they come out with the silkie breed feathering as it’s a recessive gene. I recently got some silkie crosses and 3 are frizzle feathered and they look a lot like yours!

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

It looks to be a silkie cross with a frizzle feathered breed but it’s not actually a “sizzle” until it has all silkie feathers I do believe ?? Since it’s smooth feathered it most likely only has 1 copy of the silkie feathering gene. If they have 2 copies of the gene they come out with the silkie breed feathering as it’s a recessive gene. I recently got some silkie crosses and 3 are frizzle feathered and they look a lot like yours!

I can’t see from the photos but does it have 5 toes and blue ear lobes at all?

 

[cassiadawn]

Honestly have no idea - it's solid fluff. XD I'll actually catch it tomorrow and check

 

[Matilda Belle]

A beautiful partridge sizzle a/k/a satin.

 

[Cream and Bob]

It is a sizzle

 

[cstephens1987]

Looks sizzle to me