The Sizzle Thread!

[sonderah]

My new Silkie (pullet??) for my newfound Sizzle project. Can anyone tell me I I managed I do it right and pick a female?? PLZ!!!

 

[ihavechickens2]

Yes, thanks for your info.  I thought that a sizzle was a silkie with frizzled feathers.  Then you throw in that a sizzle can have smooth feathers.  Any breed can have a frizzle gene so calling a silkie with frizzled feathers was a "sizzle"... I have read so much I can't keep all of the zzz's straight!  LOL

I'm trying to breed frizzled silkies.

What a fun hobby! 

I understand, it took me a while. And yes it is a fun hobby.

 

[1 Critter Camp]

Just got a new Silkie (pullet I hope) to go with my other Silkie to breed with my Frizzle! He says they r 5-7 months old, but idk. Couldn't u tell a male pretty easy by then? He said he doesn't know how to tell the difference, so I read some and did the best I could. Lol She is very pretty though!

got a picture, would love to see

 

[1 Critter Camp]

My new Silkie (pullet??) for my newfound Sizzle project. Can anyone tell me I I managed I do it right and pick a female?? PLZ!!!

beautiful colors

 

[sonderah]

Thanks. All I had was a black frizzle and a black Silkie. Wanted to add a bit of color. Lol

beautiful colors

 

[Missyktsm]

I would think that since the smooth sizzles are 1/2 silkie, if you do the punnet square, the breed should produce 25% pure smooth genes, 50% hybrid gene (1 gene smooth, 1 gene silkie), and 25% silkie. 

When you breed sizzles together, you will get sizzles and silkies. It's a 50/50 ratio if breeding back to a silkie,.

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Thank you both very much. You confirmed what I was thinking but needed clarification.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

These are my first sizzles that I have hatch from my own birds. Dad is a black sizzle and mom is a black Cochin/Silkie mix. What does anyone think about them? I might sell them or keep and breed back.

 

[Lynzi777]

What is the difference between breeding a sizzle to a smooth sizzle and breeding a sizzle to a Silkie/Cochin mix? I just got a Silkie/Cochin pair and I've been trying to figure out the way to use them when setting up my breeding pens.

 

[FiveToe]

From reading the beginning of this forum it is clear to me that to further the Sizzle breed and get good birds it takes many generations of breeding. So my thinking is to get quality birds from one of the breeders that has been doing this for years is the best way to get started with my own line....as I understand it you breed Sizzle to sizzle unless you need to strengthen the Silkie traits. I got my birds from Sheri in Lincoln Ca and they are at least 13th generation but there are others posting in this thread that also have birds that are many generations into their breeding programs....a true Sizzle is not just a cross breed!!

 

[kim0218]

Anyone in or near southern PA going to have Sizzle chicks for sale in the next few weeks?