The Sizzle Thread!

[ihavechickens2]

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Petunia is lovely!  Very nice type & if you can find a nice frizzle Sizzle for her, she should give you some very nice Sizzles.  It took me several generations before I got a smooth as nice as yours.
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Thanks she is just an f2 generation. I am working on a sizzled Roo right now, using my frizzled polish but for right now I have just been mixing her back to my silkie Roos.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

So thought I would show off this little cutie! From a smooth paint sizzle to showgirl breeding, got this sweet little paint showgirl!... oh and just noticed the chicken and ribs in the background HAHA

 

[country]

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I figure it must be some kind of feather anomaly that shows up when you mix the silkied & normal feather types. Ruffles was the first that I noticed, & she's 14th gen. Since then I've noticed a few more 'lacy' feathered chicks show up from time to time. I sell most of my chicks when they're 2-4 wks old, so I may have had a lot of these all along & just didn't know it. They're really very pretty & quite unique....I just wish I knew what to do with them! LOL

 

[ihavechickens2]

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haha, im sure the costumers didn't mind.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I figure it must be some kind of feather anomaly that shows up when you mix the silkied & normal feather types. Ruffles was the first that I noticed, & she's 14th gen. Since then I've noticed a few more 'lacy' feathered chicks show up from time to time. I sell most of my chicks when they're 2-4 wks old, so I may have had a lot of these all along & just didn't know it. They're really very pretty & quite unique....I just wish I knew what to do with them! LOL

Maybe they're frazzled silkies? We know what normal frazzles look like, but I know that frazzled silkies have very curly soft hair. Maybe you bred a frizzle to a frizzle on accident? Not realizing a "normal" looking bird may have actually been a frizzle? Sometimes it's hard to tell on silkies if they are frizzled, they just look to have a bad hair day lol

 

[Theresa sla]

Maybe they're frazzled silkies? We know what normal frazzles look like, but I know that frazzled silkies have very curly soft hair. Maybe you bred a frizzle to a frizzle on accident? Not realizing a "normal" looking bird may have actually been a frizzle? Sometimes it's hard to tell on silkies if they are frizzled, they just look to have a bad hair day lol

Kinda looks like its half frizzled feathering much more than over fizzling?

 

[Theresa sla]

[ <img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="6081288" data-type="61" src="https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6081288/width/350/height/700/flags/LL" style="; width: 350px; [/quote] Kinda looks half way to frizzle to me? But I like country's name for it "Ruffled" but good question don't know if they would be considered frizzled or smooth when breeding them, I wouldn't mind trying, now I'll keep my fingers crossed for some ruffled out of my next batch of sizzle eggs I ordered from you

 

[Theresa sla]

Not sure why but only half my comment got posted???
Just wanted to say they looked half way to being frizzled, or i like countrys term "ruffled" it fits well
Not sure if they would be considered smooth or frizzled when breeding but I wouldn't mind trying atlesst one or two eggs to get an answer !
Then the rest got posted above, thanks for bearing with me...

 

[jajeanpierre]

Ihavechickens2,

I think I know what you're talking about. I have a pullet with the same type of feathering. Wasn't sure whether to call her 'Ruffles' or 'Lacy' because her feathers look like both. Finally settled on Ruffles. Like you, I can't seem to get pictures that REALLY show what her feathers are like, but here's the best I could do.








Trouble is, when it comes to breeding, I'm not sure if I should count her as a frizzle Sizzle or a smooth Sizzle. I don't do culling very well so I really don't want to take a chance on double frizzles. Sonoran, I'd love to have your opinion on this.
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What color is this chicken? Is she a Lavender (self blue)?

There is a problem with the feather of lavender birds, or at least the breed I'm working with (Ameraucanas). I have been told the lavenders have a softer feather with fretting. I know mine does, and it looks very similar to these pictures. I would imagine a Cochin with the type of feaathers my Lavender has would have feathers like your bird pictured above.

I do not think there is any frizzling in this bird. Frizzling is the backwards bending of the feather. This bird's feathers all seem to follow the contour of her body. I don't see any backwards bending. The tail is just a soft, long feather that is in disarray. That's what I see.

 

[moomoodiddy]

I love the ruffledness it reminds me of a labradoodle and I believe shes a splash