Polish

I get a medium white egg from my Silver Laced Polish hen on the daily bases. She is a petite chicken compared to other breeds of my flock. However I am pleased with how beautiful she is! I think most would agree that the Polish breed are great conversation starters. My guests are always shocked - even friends of mine that have experience with chickens. Everyone loves the crest. The only con I would point out is that the crest creates limited eyesight which can be dangerous for a free ranging chicken. 

 

My chicken is a bit muddy in this picture!

 

 

If you have to build a separate coop in order to keep Polish, get busy because they are better entertainment than TV. Love all the beautiful colors, and my roosters are so nice I never worry about them being aggressive with anyone. Great birds for kids, and everyone that sees them here on the farm wants one or more!:-)

I had a polish hen named Jewane. She died of heart failure before she even started laying eggs. I had 3 polish hens 2 died before a week and the other was Jewane. But they are soooooooooooooooo sweet. Jewane was the nicest hen I had. I love the breed but they are not hardy.

Can someone PM me some info about weather they mix well or not

Pros: I can't express how much I love these birds, I love to watch them forage in the yard.  My pullet had the cutest egg song, she sounded like a squeek toy LOL the cockerel was handsome and love to dance a lot for the ladies. His crow matched his handsome looks. Smooth, and pleasant (but very loud, and he crowed throughout the day). I had to give them away as a pair because I live in the city and didn't want any complaints from the neighbors. 

Cons: despite us handling them a lot as biddies they were still very skittish of us compared to the rest of the bird.  When they were chicks they'd follow me around but once they got older the ran from me.  If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't buy these as chicks to avoid the heartache of getting rid of them (unless I lived out in the country and having the roo didn't matter)

We have 4 polish chickens, 2 roosters and 2 hens. It is nice that they aren't really aggressive and are pretty friendly. We raised ours from chicks (well besides our black hen we got from my sister in law) so all but the black hen are not scared of people. We gave a rooster to our father in law and he loves him, just hangs out. 

This is my favorite breed. My polishes can be a bit jumpy, but once you got them they're super sweet. They're pretty easy to care for, and they're tough. Plus they're beautiful and their crests attract a lot of attention. Everyone who sees my polishes adores them. They're good to show, and are definitely unique. They lay well too, I got an egg a day from each of my hens in the spring and summer.

I've had about 5 Polish now and none of them have survived past 7mths...they can be perfectly healthy flying and running around with the flock and be dead ten minutes later..I cant keep um alive...

Best ornamental fowl!