Silkie thread!

[sillycmoy]

1. Girl
2. Girl
3. Iffy
4. Boy

I'm pretty sure both 3 & 4 are boys, they are both huge, and #3 is a tank. But what would you call their colors, they are so funky. Someone said possible lavender, but I doubt it, can't be that lucky.

 

[Tncowgirl1903]

looking for a laying silkie hen no older than a year

 

[CookFarms]

I agree - I believe paint is dominant white over black - and Silkies do not carry dominant white or a solid black without modifiers. Paints had to be "created" in Silkies. If you don't have a paint - you wont get a paint.

You will not get a paint from the White in regular Silkies, they are based on recessive white and need two copies of the gene to be White. That's why if you cross a White to another color you get a mess.

Paints are still a work in progress because a pure paint is ONLY dominant white over solid black - no other modifiers. There are still too many modifiers in most Paint Silkie breedings - and if you cross them with a Black carrying any other modifiers - it messes them all up again. If you keep crossing Paint x Paint you will get solid white at some point....



I think if she is a Frizzled Silkie you can show her. If she doesn't have black skin - silkied feathers - etc.. then no - they are not recognized - yet. I have heard of them being shown at local Fairs under AOV with the smooth feathers - but not at an APA/ABA show.

I believe people are working on getting them accepted as their own breed, but that is a 5+ year process. The breeders have to agree on and write the Standard Of Perfection (SOP) for their birds, they have to have 5 breeders who's birds all match that SOP and have been breeding them for at least 5 years AND hold a qualifying meet to prove their birds all meet their SOP by submitting them for judging. Don't hold your breath.

Can you tell me if I could show this one? Does it meet the requirements?

 

[CookFarms]

This is what I know as a sizzle.

Mine looks similar to that, but are black. I posted a pic

 

[ceocka]

I'm pretty sure both 3 & 4 are boys, they are both huge, and #3 is a tank.  But what would you call their colors, they are so funky.  Someone said possible lavender, but I doubt it, can't be that lucky. 

The first one looks blue and others splash. But am am not a pro so could be wrong on the last three. But pretty sure the first one is blue

 

[farmer boy]

I think you better research that again - I have heard it called both ways, but I have finally come to this conclusion. There is no such thing as a "Frizzle" breed, or a "Regular Frizzle" - it is a gene for the feathers. There are Frizzled Silkies - which is what you are calling Sizzles, there are Frizzled Cochins, Frizzled Polish, etc.... The only ones I have heard correctly called Sizzles are the Cochin x Silkie mix, and they are working on getting it to be a breed. It does not have the silkied feathers, as shown in the picture above. Hers has light skin - not black. Mine has dark black skin. I don't know which one they are going to choose on that.

actually my friend had a sizzle and a frizzle silkie and then there is a frazzle to

 

[laseterlass]

Frizzle is a feather gene Cochin and Polish are generally the breeds found to have it A SIZZLE is a frizzle Cochin crossed to a silkie First generation is 50% likely to be frizzled 50% flat feathered when those birds are crossed to silkies again that is when you can get the frizzled silkie feather My understanding is silkie feathers are recessive so both parents must carry the gene Correct me if I am wrong Please

 

[ChickNmamma]

Frizzle is a feather gene Cochin and Polish are generally the breeds found to have it A SIZZLE is a frizzle Cochin crossed to a silkie First generation is 50% likely to be frizzled 50% flat feathered when those birds are crossed to silkies again that is when you can get the frizzled silkie feather My understanding is silkie feathers are recessive so both parents must carry the gene Correct me if I am wrong Please

I believe that is correct, the hoolkess gene that controls Silkied feathers is recessive - the bird must get it from both parents to have silkied feathers. You have to cross the Frizzled birds to the Silkies to get the Frizzled Silkies - if it has flat feathers it doesn't carry the frizzle gene. The frizzle gene is dominant.

Quote: Does she have silkied feathers? I can't really tell from that picture. If she has silkied feathers then she can be shown under Silkies/Frizzle. If she has regular feathers then she can't be shown as a breed because she is a mix.

Quote: This looks like a picture of one Sizzle and one Silkie? I can't tell if the Silkie has Frizzled feathers...

Quote: Yes, there is a frazzle - they happen if you breed two Frizzles (of any breed) together and one of the birds gets two Frizzle genes. Poor birds have a very tough time staying warm - because their feathers are so brittle. However -they can be used to make Sizzles/Frizzles 100% of the time.

 

[drumstick diva]

too confusing frizzle, frazzle, ---- sizzle reminds me of bacon frying. Who dreams up these names anyway?

 

[Urchin]

I'm starting to think Professor Fluffles needs a name change. More like the Countess of Fluffles. She has a very dignified walk and rarely runs anywhere. All the other chickens are very happy to come beg for and fight over treats. Fluffles never gets involved in those scuffles; she just watches as they all fight each other. I've never seen her sunbathe nor does she ever look like she's taken a dustbath. The other silkies will sometimes walk around sporting grass, woodchips, and dirt on their wing and tail feathers after a good dust bath, not her. She preens obsessively. She hates being picked up--that transition between standing on the ground and being held is just undignified--but loves being carried around. She'll sit happily on your lap for a while if you scratch her in just the right place on her back. But when she wants down, she'll stare longingly at the ground until you put her down. Jumping is undignified. She has her own "lady-in-waiting" in Cottonball who follows her around almost everywhere and sleeps surrounded by all the silkies plus the egg layers who still don't roost. And to top it off today, my son tried to feed her a grape, but she wouldn't eat it until he peeled it for her.

It's funny to see her in comparison to Pinto, who just jumps into the fray with the larger egg layers, gets dirty in mud, runs around the yard like mad chasing bugs, eats like a pig (I swear that chick always has a full crop whenever I pick it up) and generally believes it's one of the "big chickens." Being small, Pinto sneaks up under a bigger chicken and steals the treat from her mouth. Being fast, nobody can catch it to get the treat back. It's a tiny thing even though it's nine weeks old. My six-week-old silkie chicks are almost as big as Pinto.