Frizzle (chicken breed)

Not to be confused with the plumage pattern for which the breed is named, Frizzle (chicken plumage).

Frizzle
A frizzle-feathered chicken at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, USA; possibly not of the frizzle breed
Usefancy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    Standard: 3.2–3.6 kg[1]: 121 
    Bantam: 680–790 g[1]: 123 
    Bantam (Aust): 960–1075 g[2]
  • Female:
    Standard: 2.25–2.7 kg[1]: 121 
    Bantam: 570–680 g[1]: 123 
    Bantam (Aust): 790–910 g[2]
Egg colourwhite or tinted[1]: 121 
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAno[3]
EEStandard and bantam recognised[4]
PCGBsoft feather: heavy[5]
APSHeavy Breed Softfeather[2]
Notes
clean-legged[1]: 121 
Illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz, 1885

The Frizzle is a breed of chicken with characteristic curled or frizzled plumage. While the frizzle gene can be seen in many breeds, such as the Pekin and Polish, the Frizzle is recognised as a distinct breed in a number of European countries[4][6] and Australia.[2] In the United States, frizzled chickens are not considered a breed, and at shows are judged by the standards of the breed they belong to.[7]: 24 

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