sizzle, frizzle, and frazzle???

[SizzleQueen]

So.. my question is.. and im sorry if it's been repeated a thousand times already.. But could I breed my sizzle roo, to a my silky hens?

 

[trsturself]

So.. my question is.. and im sorry if it's been repeated a thousand times already.. But could I breed my sizzle roo, to a my silky hens?

Yes. You will get some regular silkies and some sizzles.

 

[SizzleQueen]

Yes. You will get some regular silkies and some sizzles.

Thank you! I have been so confused on this whole subject.

 

[trsturself]

Thank you! I have been so confused on this whole subject.

Sorry, just realized I didn't add frizzles to the list like I meant to.

 

[misfitmorgan]

So i have been getting frizzle cochin eggs from a friend of mine.

Her pen has:
1 Smooth Roo
1 Frizzle Roo

3 Frizzle Hens
3 Smooth Hens

All in one pen. i have attempted to hatch 7 eggs in different batchs so far.

The results are one mostly black cochin(black skin and feet) roughly 1 week old, and two yellow cochin chicks (hatched yesterday)

So here is my question i keep getting dead chicks, they internally pip, absorb their yolk and blood but die before getting out of the shell, even the two that were assisted died within an hour or two. What i have noticed is they have all been black and they have what look like beads on their fluff. Is this a result of two of her frizzle roos liking some of the frizzle hens alot? As in is that how the frazzle gene presents and the likely reason for the late deaths? So far i have had 5 of these black chicks with the bead things on their fluff and all died either in shell or shortly after being helped out of the shell after absorbing yolk and blood. 1 yellow chick internally pipped but did not externally pip and did not have the beads on the fluff, so i think just wasnt strong enough to hatch on that one.

i can get pictures tomorrow if that would help.

 

[trsturself]

So i have been getting frizzle cochin eggs from a friend of mine.

Her pen has:
1 Smooth Roo
1 Frizzle Roo

3 Frizzle Hens
3 Smooth Hens

All in one pen. i have attempted to hatch 7 eggs in different batchs so far.

The results are one mostly black cochin(black skin and feet) roughly 1 week old, and two yellow cochin chicks (hatched yesterday)

So here is my question i keep getting dead chicks, they internally pip, absorb their yolk and blood but die before getting out of the shell, even the two that were assisted died within an hour or two. What i have noticed is they have all been black and they have what look like beads on their fluff. Is this a result of two of her frizzle roos liking some of the frizzle hens alot? As in is that how the frazzle gene presents and the likely reason for the late deaths? So far i have had 5 of these black chicks with the bead things on their fluff and all died either in shell or shortly after being helped out of the shell after absorbing yolk and blood. 1 yellow chick internally pipped but did not externally pip and did not have the beads on the fluff, so i think just wasnt strong enough to hatch on that one.

i can get pictures tomorrow if that would help.

I don't have any experience but I as soon as I started reading the problem I immediately thought frazzle. I have read that the frazzles can have a lot of problems. It could be those and that's why they aren't hatching. She should split the pen more and put only frizzle and smooth together.

 

[prairiewind]

Any Breed of chicken can have Frizzle feathers,  the most common are Cochins but there are Frizzled Polish, Rocks, and many others. 


Sizzles are Frizzled Cochin/ Silkie crosses.  Many of us are working to develop a breed of Sizzle that breed true.  All the characteristics of a Silkie but with barbed feathers, not Silkie Feathers.  There are Frizzled Silkies and they are not Sizzles.

This is a Sizzle

This photo is of a Sizzle on the left and a Frizzled Silkie on the right


As mentioned,  Frazzles are the result of breeding a frizzled bird to a frizzled bird.  The result is a bird with very brittle feathers or very few feathers at all there are often organ anomalies as well.

. I love the pictures! I have had somefrizzlesilkiesandstill have frizzle Cochins. I wish I could get some more frizzles like yours.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

If you have a frizzled Silkie, find yourself a good quality normal Silkie and a Sizzle or 2 and you could have birds like that. I breed Sizzles too, and they're some of my favorites!

 

[trsturself]

I have 2 frizzle bantam cochin hens that I'll be putting under 2 silkie roos. If anyone wants some hatching eggs in a month or two, let me know.

 

[mom of silkies]

What is a frazzle?