Thank you. Another from this batch has his wattles, comb and is crowing already. Her size and personality is throwing me off a bit when compared to Coco who is smaller.
Thank you! Silkies are my absolute favorite breed and these gals have the personality to go with all that floof! They should be frizzle but I am not sure when we will see the change in their feathers.
Sadly, if they were frizzle you would already be able to tell. You can normally tell just as soon as their baby feathers start coming in. Whenever there is a possibility of frizzle, it is almost always a 50% possibility because it is a dominant gene but if they carry 2 frizzle genes they are actually frazzled which is not good at all (brittle broken feathers and heart issues among other things.) So breeders do not breed two frizzles together, to avoid the chance of getting frazzles. So if one parent is frizzled the chicks will only have a 50% chance. And it looks like both of these cuties don’t have the frizzle gene. You mentioned you have a roo from this batch also - is he frizzled?
I just reached out to the breeder. She said mine are not satin frizzles they are regular frizzle. So they will stay super fluffy. I didn't realize there was more than one type of frizzle! I do know about the risks associated with frazzled chickens. Luckily these are the only 2 I have with the frizzle gene. Thank you so much for the wonderful information.
Sorry my bad! I honestly don’t see any frizzled silkie feathers in these two, they look pretty straight to me. But I’m guessing maybe just the angle of the photos is why I can’t tell? When I have had silkie frizzles, they have feathers that curl towards the head rather than being straight. I’ll post a couple of pics of my silkie feathered frizzles and you can let me know if that is what yours actually look like!
