Frizzles
"Feather Boa," my Black Frizzle Cochin bantam cock
Frizzle is a mutant in the chicken in which the feathers grow so that they curve outward, instead of lying smoothly along the bird's body. It can occur in many breeds.
Here's Glenda Heywood's article on What Makes a Good Frizzle?
Breed clubs:
National
Frizzle Club of America
Glenda Heywood
PO Box 1647
Easley, SC 29641
e-mail: frizzlebird@yahoo.com
The Frizzle Society of Great Britain
Mrs. Beryl Feazey
Dovebank House, Sudbury,
Derbyshire DE6 5HR
England
phone: 01283 585437
e-mail: afeazey@yahoo.com
Frizzle Links:
G & K Exotics's Frizzle picture page
combinatie de krulveer -- breeder of Polish Frizzles
"Peony," a White Frizzle Cochin pullet
A Clean Legged White Frizzle bantam female
Photo courtesy of Claude McAllister
A Red Frizzle Cochin bantam cockerel from McMurray
Hatchery
Photo courtesy of Shahbazin
"Rags," my Blue Frizzle Cochin bantam cock
A pair of Clean Legged Frizzle bantams
Now here's something different -- A Frizzled
Polish / Araucana cross! It was developed by Joe Stromei to look like Big
Bird!
Photo © Eric Sander
This photo and many others are available on Eric's great
calendar "12 Chicks with an Attitude"
"Rainbow," given to me as an egg by my friend Katra and probably the cutest Frizzle I've ever seen. He's a Blue/Red with barred hackles
Two shots of "Charisse," my Black Frizzle pullet
A standard Buff Frizzle cockerel, probably a Buff Rock
Another Blue Frizzle rooster
Photo courtesy of Sandy Houck
A Buff Frizzle Cochin bantam cock
Photo courtesy of Becky Hammond
A pair of Black Mottled Cochin bantam Frizzles, pullet
on left, cock on right
Photos courtesy of Becky Hammond
Kat's Frizzle Cochin bantam cockerel
Photo courtesy of Katra
A Frizzled Mottled Japanese bantam male
Photo courtesy of William Stifler
A Frizzled Blue Polish hen
Photo courtesy of A. Boland
One-day-old and three-week-old Frizzle bantam chicks
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Photo courtesy of Katra
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Direct questions and comments to Barry at featherside@cyborganic.net