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
    • Bantam: 680–790 g
    • Bantam, Australia: 960–1075 g
  • Female:
    • Standard: 2.25–2.7 kg
    • Bantam: 570–680 g
    • Bantam, Australia: 790–910 g  
Egg colourwhite or tinted
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAno
EEstandard and bantam recognised
PCGBsoft feather: heavy
APSheavy breed softfeather
Notes
clean-legged

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 and Australia. 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.

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