The Sizzle Thread!

[CJones06]

I would love to purchase some hatching eggs from someone. Im located in north texas. shipped would be OK too. Thanks! oh and everyones birds are so darn cute!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I have Sizzle eggs in the process of hatching in my Bator! This will be my second generation, since I couldn't find any breeders nearby and started from scratch. I'm so excited to see them.
My one Sizzle hen is also broody, she's sitting on 6 eggs (mostly hers). She's got 4 or 5 days left.

The grass is turning green, the chickens are hatching....its starting to feel like Spring around here! That makes me HAPPY

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

I have finally picked up a few sizzles to add to my silkie pens. So happy to have blue and black girls with my black roo.





They are rough and missing feathers but they will grow back in time. They were in a pen with to many roos and not enough hens and now there is only 1 roo and he just dances right now and doesn't try to breed yet. I can't wait to see how nice they look when their crest and saddle feathers grow back in.

 

[Missyktsm]

I've noticed that some of you use a frizzled polish/ silkie mix rather than a frizzled Cochin/silkie to breed sizzles. What is the biggest difference in the offspring between the two combinations? I've also noticed that some birds have very full crests while others are fairly thin or shaped differently. Is that simply the difference in the sex or is it the difference in paring of the parents? (Cochin vs. Polish)

 

[ihavechickens2]

I've noticed that some of you use a frizzled polish/ silkie mix rather than a frizzled Cochin/silkie to breed sizzles. What is the biggest difference in the offspring between the two combinations? I've also noticed that some birds have very full crests while others are fairly thin or shaped differently. Is that simply the difference in the sex or is it the difference in paring of the parents? (Cochin vs. Polish)

I have used both polish and cochin to create my sizzles. I like the polish mix best, but that is just my opinion. when you use polish to create your sizzles you already have a full crest and black skin, but you have to breed away from the long tail. when using a cochin you already have nice foot feathering and fairly good type but you have no crest and you have to breed away from single combs.
to show you what i am talking about, here are my 1st generation sizzles using either cochin or polish
these are the polish mix silkie.





and this is one of the cochin mix silkie.

do you see the different points I was "trying" to make lol???


actually I bought a silkie mix Wyandotte a few years back to start my sizzle project and her offspring have been the best so far!!
this is one of the offspring I hatched from her

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Quote: She is incredible!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

I've been lurking here, and "unlurked" to share pictures of my Calico Splash sizzle chick.

 

[Missyktsm]

I have used both polish and cochin to create my sizzles. I like the polish mix best, but that is just my opinion. when you use polish to create your sizzles you already have a full crest and black skin, but you have to breed away from the long tail. when using a cochin you already have nice foot feathering and fairly good type but you have no crest and you have to breed away from single combs.
to show you what i am talking about, here are my 1st generation sizzles using either cochin or polish
these are the polish mix silkie.

Yes, I do see the difference. Thank you for the visual comparison. And you're right...that Wyandotte mix is amazing!

 

[ihavechickens2]

She is incredible!

Yes, I do see the difference. Thank you for the visual comparison. And you're right...that Wyandotte mix is amazing!

thanks!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I've noticed that some of you use a frizzled polish/ silkie mix rather than a frizzled Cochin/silkie to breed sizzles. What is the biggest difference in the offspring between the two combinations? I've also noticed that some birds have very full crests while others are fairly thin or shaped differently. Is that simply the difference in the sex or is it the difference in paring of the parents? (Cochin vs. Polish)

When you're mixing in breeds with a goal in mind, you always have to consider the trade offs of whichever breeds you're using. For example, while the previous poster prefers using Polish, I prefer Cochins. It's true that when using the Polish a benefit is that you don't shrink or loose the crest, but the Polish is a much more slender bodied breed and they also lack feathered feet. Comparing the Cochin and the Silkie, you'll notice that they both have the same similar round body shape and feathered feet. Meaning, I won't have to correct body shape or feathers lacking on feet. I'll just need to build up crest size and select for type and choose birds that best fit the Silkie standard.

I'm only on my second generation, but my Sizzle chicks are already hatching with vaulted skulls, so to me, the benefits of immediately seeing those vaults wasn't worth correcting the other things the Polish was bringing to the table. And, just because, heres my Sizzle hen with her new Silkie and Sizzle babies

She is from a Silkie/Cochin cross and I don't think shes lacking too much in the crest department. I mean, it could be better, but it's not bad. She also has jet black skin and blue earlobes, but I attribute that to the fact that the Cochin used to make her was white skinned instead of the normal yellow.