The Sizzle Thread!

[Theresa sla]

Nice =) I wanted to make silver laced silkies but someone stole my SL polish roo.

thats to bad.. i have a spare banty goldlace polish roo 8 weeks old, if you want him??

just thought i would post a silver laced sizzle, if any one wanted to see what they would look like?

she was sold earlier this spring and her new owner has been nice enough to send me pictures every now and again .

 

[ihavechickens2]

thats to bad.. i have a spare banty goldlace polish roo 8 weeks old, if you want him??

just thought i would post a silver laced sizzle, if any one wanted to see what they would look like?

she was sold earlier this spring and her new owner has been nice enough to send me pictures every now and again .

I would love to see what her babies with the silkie gene would look like!!!

 

[Theresa sla]

I have a good handfull of sizzle chicks that look like they're going to be laced in silver or gold, so hopefully in the spring I can mate them to a silkie to see what a silkie laced whould look like
since they all ready half silkie half frizzled polish I should get a good handful that look like full silkies when matted back to a silkie. Cross my fingers it works

 

[ihavechickens2]

here are the chicks the one on the right is the one that I believe is going to have some white in his crest.

 

[ihavechickens2]

I have a good handfull of sizzle chicks that look like they're going to be laced in silver or gold, so hopefully in the spring I can mate them to a silkie to see what a silkie laced whould look like
since they all ready half silkie half frizzled polish I should get a good handful that look like full silkies when matted back to a silkie. Cross my fingers it works

good luck!!!

 

[K Epp]

I believe I have found the right place for my girl.







She is the sweetest little thing.

...and the family portrait. These 4 grew up in the brooder together and are still hanging together all the time. I was taking pictures and they posed their selves and then looked at me like hurry up and get this.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I believe I have found the right place for my girl.







She is the sweetest little thing.

...and the family portrait. These 4 grew up in the brooder together and are still hanging together all the time. I was taking pictures and they posed their selves and then looked at me like hurry up and get this.

Welcome!

My new sizzle babies, snuggling up with the older silkies

 

[jajeanpierre]

Has anyone had skin problems associated with the frizzle gene? I have two double-copy frizzle bantam Cochins that have red inflamed skin on their feet, keel, underside of tail/vent and tip of the tail/oil gland. Pictures below. It does not look at all like a parasite, but more like a folliculitis. I haven't wanted to spend the $160 my vet is quoting to do the testing and scrapings. These are from a big commercial hatchery. Their skin has improved a lot since I switched the bedding from pine shavings to soft meadow hay. Neither bird roosts, so they are lying in their bedding. They have a good diet and are out all day foraging on pasture. Has anyone seen anything like this before?



This picture below is of the underside of the tail. (He's just had a bath.) He is lying on his belly, head to the upper left, vent to the lower right.

 

[Theresa sla]

Looks like you got a good example of double copy of the frizzle gene.
brittle feathers,
bald spots
and ingrown feathers that would course the red inflamed skin.
I had a friend that ordered frizzled Cochins throw a hatchery and had the same kind of thing hers whent all most completely bald with only a few sad little feathers here and there. Its skin looked like there wasnt even folicals for feathers to grow out of, Not so good in the Michigan winters!!
beware ordering hatching eggs or chicks from breeders too, it's alway good to take the time to make sure your new eggs or chicks are comeing from some one that is keeping the frizzled boys in a separate pen from their frizzled hens. I've seen lots of people selling eggs from mixed flocks with both frizzled Roos and frizzled hens mixed with their smooth feathered chickens. This would most likely give you a smaller chance at getting a frizzled chick and the frizzled chicks you would get would have a higher chance of being double gene frizzles.

That being said, I have noticed for what ever reason. if your flock get lice or mites they are the first birds to show damage. Telling you when to treat the whole flock and coop, and do a good scrub down. And tend to molt earlier and harder than a smooth feathered birds.

In my opinion if it's not molt and not bugs, it's poor breeding. I don't think I would waste the money for vet test that will most likely not help your flock

If you see a rash, flakes, bumps or crud growing, then you have other problems that a vet could help with. But I don't see that on your birds.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Looks like you got a good example of double copy of the frizzle gene.
brittle feathers,
bald spots
and ingrown feathers that would course the red inflamed skin.
I had a friend that ordered frizzled Cochins throw a hatchery and had the same kind of thing hers whent all most completely bald with only a few sad little feathers here and there. Its skin looked like there wasnt even folicals for feathers to grow out of, Not so good in the Michigan winters!!
beware ordering hatching eggs or chicks from breeders too, it's alway good to take the time to make sure your new eggs or chicks are comeing from some one that is keeping the frizzled boys in a separate pen from their frizzled hens. I've seen lots of people selling eggs from mixed flocks with both frizzled Roos and frizzled hens mixed with their smooth feathered chickens. This would most likely give you a smaller chance at getting a frizzled chick and the frizzled chicks you would get would have a higher chance of being double gene frizzles.

That being said, I have noticed for what ever reason. if your flock get lice or mites they are the first birds to show damage. Telling you when to treat the whole flock and coop, and do a good scrub down. And tend to molt earlier and harder than a smooth feathered birds.

In my opinion if it's not molt and not bugs, it's poor breeding. I don't think I would waste the money for vet test that will most likely not help your flock

If you see a rash, flakes, bumps or crud growing, then you have other problems that a vet could help with. But I don't see that on your birds.

Thanks for your comments.

The skin is just inflamed--maybe a contact dermatitis type thing, maybe something like folliculitis. When I was at the vet's talking to the vet tech (a chicken person) about it, he suggested Polysporin (or Neosporin) AF which has antifungal meds in it. I'll give it a shot. There skin has calmed down a lot since I took them off pine shavings, but I've noticed the pullet is getting some inflammation where the feathers have broken off at the back of her neck.

I feel really sorry for these poor chickens. Even their wings seem stunted and twisted. The feathers just don't grow right and I think they stay blood feathers longer, so handling them is probably painful. I am not happy with the hatchery for breeding frizzles to frizzles, or worse, frazzles to frizzles. I was happy to accept the 50% chance of a smooth feathered bird.

If it gets cold, I'm going to have to make them little fleece sweaters.