My first hatched baby

[DavisFamilyFarm247]

Does this look like it may have the frizzle gene? Grace is about 3 weeks old. Rooster is RIR/silkie mix and I believe the mom is a light brahma.

 

[DavisFamilyFarm247]

 

[Painted Calls]

Something else going on in the mix as the chick has a beard and muffs.

No, I do not believe it is frizzled. One parent would need to be frizzled as well. Sometimes chicks just get a funky first set of feathers. They will likely regrow smooth after her first molt.

 

[cherrynberry]

Something else going on in the mix as the chick has a beard and muffs.

No, I do not believe it is frizzled. One parent would need to be frizzled as well. Sometimes chicks just get a funky first set of feathers. They will likely regrow smooth after her first molt.

OP mentioned the dad was a RIR/Silkie. The Silkie could have been a bearded Silkie.

 

[Painted Calls]

OP mentioned the dad was a RIR/Silkie. The Silkie could have been a bearded Silkie.

It has muffs.

 

[cherrynberry]

It has muffs.

Can Silkies not have muffs? I thought beards and muffs are both the result of a dominant gene.

 

[Painted Calls]

Can Silkies not have muffs? I thought beards and muffs are both the result of a dominant gene.

I would imagine that a chick that is only 1/4 Silkie at most, wouldn't have muffs that pronounced. Just an observation after seeing hundreds of Silkie mixes.

 

[DavisFamilyFarm247]

Something else going on in the mix as the chick has a beard and muffs.

No, I do not believe it is frizzled. One parent would need to be frizzled as well. Sometimes chicks just get a funky first set of feathers. They will likely regrow smooth after her first molt.

She could be Americana Mom also. Which would make sense about th beard and muffs.

 

[Painted Calls]

She could be Americana Mom also. Which would make sense about th beard and muffs.

Betting that's mom!