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 Frizzle
Large fowl Origin: Asia Classification: Heavy, soft feather Egg colour: White or tinted Weight: Large fowl; male 3.6kg, female 2.7kg. Bantam; male 680-790g,
History A purely exhibition breed of Asian origin. Notable for its feather formation, with each feather curling towards the head of the bird. More popular in bantam than large fowl.
Characteristics Male Carriage: strutting and erect. Type: body broad and short, breast full and rounded. Wings long. Tail rather large, erect, full but loose, with full sickles and plenty side hangers. Lyre tails in males desirable but not obligatory. Head: fine. Beak short and strong. Eyes full and bright. Comb single, medium-sized and upright. Face smooth. Ear-lobes and wattles moderate size. Neck: medium length, abundantly frizzled. Legs and feet: legs of medium length. Shanks free from feathers. Toes, four, rather thin and well spread. Plumage: moderately long, broad and crisp, each feather curled towards the bird’s head and the frizzling as close and abundant as possible.
Female Similar to the male, allowing for normal sexual differences, with the exceptions of the comb being much smaller and the neck not as abundantly frizzled.
Colours Black, blue, buff, white, Columbian, duckwing, black-red, brown-red, cuckoo, pile, spangle and red. In both sexes and all colours, beak yellow in the buff, Columbian, pile, red and white; white in the spangle, black-red and cuckoo; dark willow, black or blue in the other varieties. Eyes red, comb, face, wattles and ear-lobes bright red. Legs and feet to correspond with beak. (There are variations in leg colour, and yellow legs are frequently demanded in blacks, though not so standardised.)
Defects Narrow feather, want of curl, long tail, drooping comb. Other than single comb, white lobes, deformity of any kind. |