Silkie frizzles slower to show curl?

[L0rraine]

I got six potential sizzle/frizzle silkie chicks hoping to get at least one with curly feathers. One is definitely smooth (satin?) feathered. The remaining five have the silkie feathering with no obvious curling. Until this morning when one seems to be showing a couple seriously curled feathers. Am I just dreaming (desperately hoping?) because they are just about 2 1/2 weeks old? Is there any chance the silkie frizzle feathers are slower to curl than silkie sizzle feathers? You’re going to want a picture. Guess I should go try to get one.

 

[L0rraine]

They seem to look a bit curlier in my fertile imagination than in my pictures

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would consider that to be curling

 

[Chicalina]

It does look frizzled. My frizzle babies showed in a couple of days.

 

[Chicalina]

Chicks are 7 days old here and the frizzle was the first to feather out, as you can see.

 

[L0rraine]

But those are the desirable smooth or sizzle feathers right? The little tubular silkie feathers that would be the frizzled silkie feathers aren‘t really developing at that point? I was thinking I had just figured out that the sizzles have the traditional chicken feathers which everyone is trying to ultimate breed for. The silkie frizzle gene is useful for breeding back to the smooth silkies (so I’m hoping I might have it - though don’t think so).

One of mine was the smooth feather though not sizzled. But still good for future breeding. I’m trying soooo hard to figure this out . I really want a curly feathered chicken. I’m going to have to try to find an adult to just buy.

I‘ll post a picture of my one smooth chick at one week, but it’s on a different device.

 

[L0rraine]

 

[JacinLarkwell]

There are 4 feather types.
Silkie
Satin
Frizzle
Sizzle

 

[L0rraine]

I think my post above didn’t make any sense, but I do think I kind of get it

I think I have one satin and five silkies - though I’m hoping against hope one of my silkies might actually be frizzled

 

[L0rraine]

I know I have no sizzles - though I hope to have one some day - one way or another.