The Sizzle Thread!

[kellyloveschad]

Hi all,

We are attempting to breed some sizzles for our own enjoyment - no to sell, not to show - just to enjoy as hobbyists.

Our daddy bird is a show silkie. The mom is a bantam frizzled cochin. They've had two clutches. The first one resulted in one hatch - a beautiful pullet - partridge with black skin, blue ear lobes and flat feathered, 5 toes.

The second clutch had 5 chicks - 4 cockerels and 1 pullet. We've rehomed 2 cockerels. They are three months old. We are keeping the pullet of course. Of the two cockerels, both are white and the pullet is black, one cockerel is sweeter than spice and flat feathered. The other one is frizzled feathered, gorgeous, but showing signs of dominance and aggression. Of course we wanted to keep the frizzle feathered but are now torn. Which of the two should we keep for our project. They are also going to be pets. We were planning on keeping the frizzle feathered, but now just don't know what to do.

Thank you for your help!

 

[kellyloveschad]

This is snow white from start to now what is she??? like all my sizzles her skin and toes are correct !!

 

[danajo84]

I have frizzle Cochin bantams some smooth some curly and I have silkie bantams. In both breeds I have reds, blacks and whites. Solids. I recently incubated some of their eggs and this is one of the babies I got. He or she has 5 toes on each foot. I had bought silkies and frizzles hoping to breed for sizzles so my question is, is that what I got??? Is it a sizzle???

 

[dawn secord]

Looks like it to me. Ideally, for the sizzles, you want 5 toes, black skin, walnut comb and blue ear lobes. At least, that is my understanding. I'm just starting out too. Supposedly, you start getting ideal chicks at the 3rd generation.

Isn't this correct - to those who have done this for a while?

 

[Justjered]

I have frizzle Cochin bantams some smooth some curly and I have silkie bantams. In both breeds I have reds, blacks and whites. Solids. I recently incubated some of their eggs and this is one of the babies I got. He or she has 5 toes on each foot. I had bought silkies and frizzles hoping to breed for sizzles so my question is, is that what I got??? Is it a sizzle???

beautiful chick regardless. Totally has a bald eagle look to it! Hope it keeps the coloration and markings for you into adulthood!

 

[danajo84]

beautiful chick regardless. Totally has a bald eagle look to it! Hope it keeps the coloration and markings for you into adulthood! 

This is the baby now. Still not sure if it's a roo or a hen. Super sweet baby though

 

[SweetEvngBreeze]

Not very good at posting so I hope this works. I've read countless sizzle posts but am still not sure I get it. The term sizzle seems to be used broadly. This is my interpretation of what I’ve read:

--Frizzled cochin x silkie will produce: silkies, frizzled silkies, “curly” sizzles, smooth sizzles

--Silkies – a purebred chicken with the silkie feathers and nothing else in the gene pool.

--Frizzled Silkie – the product of a silkie and a frizzled cochin. Looks like a silkie with frizzled silkie feathers.

--Sizzles – the product of a silkie and a frizzled cochin. Looks like a silkie but the feathers are not silkie feathers, they are frizzled (curly) smooth feathers. Sizzles may be smooth or frizzled but they are called Sizzles, even if they are smooth, because they carry the frizzle gene.

So, I hatched 2 eggs from a blue splash silkie roo over a black frizzled cochin. The result was 2 smooth hens - one black, one blue with a few black spots that someone said was probably leakage. They have some silkie traits…5 toes, black skin…but they look like cochins with mohawks.
1) These hens are smooth sizzles, correct?

Then I hatched 1 more egg from the same roo but the mama hen is one of his daughters (smooth sizzle?). It is another smooth pullet and looks to be blue splash.
2) If my guess above is correct, she is still a smooth sizzle but is ¼ cochin and ¾ silkie, correct?

I want to try to hatch a “curly” sizzle. I understand that I will likely get some silkies and frizzled silkies in a clutch. Given what I have in the yard, (silkie roo, frizzled cochin hen, 2 smooth sizzle daughters, and 1 smooth sizzle granddaughter)..
3) The silkie roo/frizzled cochin may produce the curly sizzle I want, correct?
4) Would a pairing of the roo with his daughter or granddaughter increase my chances?
5) Would it be better to get a sizzle roo to pair with the daughter or granddaughter?
6) And if so, does it matter if the roo is curly or smooth?

Thanks for any help!

 

[SweetEvngBreeze]

I hope this thread hasn't gone dead. Can anybody help with my questions above?

 

[moomoodiddy]

You need to breed the original parents until you get a curly sizzle. Breeding smooths back to silkies will only get you more smooths and silkies.

 

[dawn secord]

Is this a curly sizzle - just learning




His parents - roo is a silkie and hen is a bantam frizzled cochin

thak you