"The action of the F gene is localized in the feather follicle and is not a consequence of a metabolic disorder [68]. However, the F gene may also have other pleiotropic effects that cause physiological abnormalities. Frizzle plumage may cause the acceleration of basal metabolism due to the loss of body heat, leading to alterations in organ size (e.g., enlargement of the heart, spleen, gizzard, and alimentary canal as well as lack of hypodermal fat deposits) and numerous physiological anomalies (e.g., higher food intake, oxygen consumption, heart rate, volume of circulating blood as well as delayed sexual maturity or decreased fertility"
This is why I won't be adding frizzles to my project. Most people think it's just frazzles that have issues but the frizzle gene itself isn't well known how it affects the whole chicken. I seen enough Frizzle house chickens get diagnosed with enlarged hearts and heart disease to not be adding that gene to my project.
I am selecting for healthy birds who I want to live as long as possible since a lot of them will be pets and I feel like the frizzle gene adds like a negative luck roll to their heart if that makes sense lol also I think it looks ugly I'm sorry 🫣😆
On chickens with one copy of the gene, feathers curl back towards the head instead of lying flat.
(Buff Frizzle Cochin bantam that I absolutely love!)
Absolutely precious black frizzle taking a nap!
Here is another (I think it might be the same bird)
Frizzled mille fluer d'Uccle!
I don't even know the color of this Frizzle Serama, ginger golden? Or something!
Frizzles are flightless and less cold-hardy than other specimens. By creating controlled environments this shouldn't be a major issue.
Frizzle is accepted to be shown in any breed in the APA and ABA standards, it's just another variety. That doesn't mean the gene is present in every breed. I've never seen a frizzled d'Anver.
Frizzle shouldn't be bred to frizzle because homozygous frizzles known as frazzles have health issues including brittle feathers, baldness, and shorter lives.
Frizzled individuals should be bred only to smooth individuals.
so i made a base over a png of miss frizzles dress, just kinda deleted all her stuff off her and then made a base, which i then turned into this lovely elderich horror inspired miss frizzle costume in case she needs to teach the kids some unknown horrors or forbidden knowledge i suppose
https://dragon-quest-adventures.fandom.com/wiki/Ms._Frizzle
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