What kind of chick is this- age?

[Chickadee28]

I picked up this chick yesterday- It was given to someone as a "prank" birthday gift and they had no idea what to do with it. I am guessing it is some kind of frizzle- its feathers are wild. Its body is still basically naked- just has the wild feathers on its wings. Any guess as to age would be great too.

Also, he/she is alone- I would just go buy some more chicks to keep it company but I don't have anymore room in our coop. Any ideas to keep it company?

Thanks!

 

[Buckguy20]

It is a frizzle of some sort. You are right there.
I can't see its neck to tell but it looks like a friizzle turken to me. Also I think it is a roo. Maybe three or four weeks old.

 

[Dustin Biery]

Looks like its a curly frizzle. It appears to me, to carry two frizzle genes--meaning it has double the frizzle, which will make his feathers very brittle.

 

[Chickadee28]

Thanks for the replies- I was hoping it was going to be a hen and we could keep it

Any other gender guesses would be appreciated. Does the fact that it will have brittle feathers create a problem?

 

[Dustin Biery]

They will often break and wont re-grow until a molt. They are naked and will have trouble controling body temperature, so they cannot tollerate high or low temps very well at all.

There are some on here who are just facinated by a bird with double frizzle genes, but they are doing the birds and the breed a disservice by specifically breeding for a "curly"

 

[Buckguy20]

As for what might go with it? Well, when it gets a little bigger, mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

[Chickadee28]

As for what might go with it? Well, when it gets a little bigger, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Ha ha- we are vegetarians

Has anyone successfully kept a chicken like this- we are in the Midwest with very high and very low temps- I do heat the coop in the winter. I don't want the poor creature to suffer either.....​

 

[Buckguy20]

I was just jokin. I don't know about frizzles but Turkens do very well in cold and heat.

 

[Chickadee28]

I do have a Turken hen and she does fine. I just wonder how this chick would do- if it is indeed a roo and decides to be a well behaved and quiet roo, I could possibly keep it. I was just wondering how it would do long term.

 

[Dustin Biery]

It all depends on how his feathers are conditioned. With a heated coop in the winter, I really do not see an issue. If he truly is a double frizzle bird, when breeding him to a smooth feathered hen, all the offspring should have a visible frizzle gene.