The Sizzle Thread!

[gootziecat]

Just showin' off my girl. She's one of my favorites. There is a sizzle or two among the chicks.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Aw, I love her "hair". She looks like she stood in front of a mirror for hours working up a good beehive 'do! Super cute!

 

[sonderah]

Well. Now that my little Sizzles r almost 4 weeks old, its for me rhinking...... How do u sex a Sizzle???

 

[FiveToe]

girl chickens lay eggs....boy chickens don't

 

[sonderah]

girl chickens lay eggs....boy chickens don't

Oh!!!!! OK. Lol I knew that!! I was curious if there was a way to tell B4 then. Patience is not one of my specialties. Lol But, I guess I'll just have to "suck it up buttercup", as I tell my children.

 

[1 Critter Camp]

Oh!!!!! OK. Lol I knew that!! I was curious if there was a way to tell B4 then. Patience is not one of my specialties. Lol But, I guess I'll just have to "suck it up buttercup", as I tell my children.

I understand, I am not that patient either!
From what I have read, you can never be sure until it crows or lays an egg... that's what "they" say! LOL
There is a thread about sexing silkies that might help! I have 5 I hatched from eggs 5 weeks ago and I am dieing to see if I have a rooster!! You can post pictures on the thread about whether it is a rooster or a hen and it is fun to read all of the guesses!
Have fun!

 

[sonderah]

I understand, I am not that patient either! 
From what I have read, you can never be sure until it crows or lays an egg... that's what "they" say!  LOL

There is a thread about sexing silkies that might help!  I have 5 I hatched from eggs 5 weeks ago and I am dieing to see if I have a rooster!!  You can post pictures on the thread about whether it is a rooster or a hen and it is fun to read all of the guesses!
Have fun! 

Mine are only about 3 1/2 weeks old, but I just keep inspecting stuff and like watching their feathering and stuff. Lol I can usually venture a guess. Not with these guys!!!! Lol

 

[FaerieChicken]

I couldn't go through with plucking the feathers from around his eyes, so trimmed them instead! This is my silkie, my sizzle's "brother".

 

[Lynzi777]

Question: how does one end up with frizzled silkies? Is it just something that comes up when breeding sizzles, you get one every once in a while? Or is a combo from breeding a sizzle back to a Silkie?

 

[FaerieChicken]

Question: how does one end up with frizzled silkies? Is it just something that comes up when breeding sizzles, you get one every once in a while? Or is a combo from breeding a sizzle back to a Silkie?

I think the way it works, they breed the Silkie and a Frizzle and get a Sizzle, some can be Smooth Sizzle, meaning they carry the gene for Frizzle but have the feathering of a Silkie. Then you can also get the Frizzled Sizzle with the feathering of a Frizzle, and carry the gene for the Frizzle. I hope I got this right, I remember reading a gene breakdown on here somewhere.....
This is my Frizzled Sizzle Rooster:







He is actually very sweet and soft, and bantam like a Silkie, and the White Silkie with him is not related but were hatched together and get along like "brothers".