is this chick a frizzle?

[greeneacre]

Sorry, but yes. I can send you a picture of a younger frizzle chick when I get home.

 

[greeneacre]

This is what a frizzle feathers look like when first growing in. Chick is about 1 and a half weeks old.

 

[Ghostbelly]

oh i'm so sad they aren't frizzles

 

[Pele]

It's possible that your broody hen stole eggs from other hens and incubated them. They do that all the time, unfortunately.

I'm sorry you didn't get any frizzles.

 

[Smoochie]

Even if they aren't frizzled they may still carry the frizzle gene if one of them is her offspring than her daughter or son might produce a frizzle.

 

[Pele]

Even if they aren't frizzled they may still carry the frizzle gene if one of them is her offspring than her daughter or son might produce a frizzle.

Unfortunately that is not the case. It is a dominant pleiotropic gene. Dominant genes always express if they've been inherited. If they don't express, they aren't there. Recessive genes can hide for a generation like you are talking about. But that isn't the case here.

 

[Ghostbelly]

i hope your right smoochie!

 

[greeneacre]

when breeding smooth to frizzle you average 50% frizzle and 50% smooth. That is just the average. You can get all smooth or all frizzle on any given hatch.

 

[Ghostbelly]

ok i was just really hoping that they were frizzles :/

 

[Ghostbelly]

what if i bred these chicks with a frizzle? would there be more a chance that the chicks would turn out frizzle?