polish

Hey friends! I have 12 chicks that are roughly 4 weeks old. Some have all their feathers (Brahma, Guineas) and the rest are close. Should it be ok to go ahead and put them outside? I have 10 other hens that are ahead in age by 2 weeks that are all outside. My only concern is I know Polish are...

I'm planning on selling these six week old chicks because I'm certain they're cockerels and I can't have that many roos where I am but I wanted some other opinions and to double check because I genuinely love both of them. The red one is probably an olive egger and the black and white one is...

Long time lurker, first time signing up and posting! tl;dr What pairings will result in the best coloured chicks? I have quite a pretty bunch of polish at the moment but new to colour genetics and matter how much Google trawling I do, I just can't seem to get to grips with the base elements I...

I feel as if I've exhausted all other resources for a chick I have that is not doing well, and desperately hope someone can help here. I have a white crested black polish chick that is about 10 weeks old now. I got her from Hoovers Hatchery with 4 other polish varieties and some orpingtons. 2...

Six week old chicks no longer need heat lamp. Have been vaccinated for Marek’s and are coop ready. Five are males and five are female. Have the following breeds left: 1 male Birchen Cochin bantam 2 female Birchen Cochin bantams 1 male Silver Sebright bantam 1 female Silver Sebright bantam 1...

I’m looking for silver and or gold laced polish, preferably pullet.. within 60 miles Muskogee Oklahoma. This is my first post, please be kind. 🫶🏼

Hello, all. Now that spring is here, I plan on adding some new chicks to my existing flock of 7, one rooster and six hens. I work at a place that sells chicks during the spring and in our recent shipment we ended up with a single Polish. I believe she is a Silver Laced Polish, but she is the...

3 jerk cockerels- they’re actually great roosters, but hate me. They do a great job protecting their girls and finding tasty treats for them. I just have too many and am combining all my hens into 2 runs with only 2 roos. Jethro is an Ayam Cemani- this is a rare fibromelanistic breed (the rarest...

Hi first time breeding, We have 6 black bantam orpingtons And 2 polish (what we was told) They hatched about 5 weeks ago polish just under that . Can anyone confirm breeds and any expert advice on sex this early Cheers!!

This is my very active Roo…. Is his crow normal?! I’ve looked all over the internet for something comparable- and have had no luck.

Hello BYC tribe! I wanted to share my ladies :) with you. My flock was first a flock of leghorns, that were rehomed to me from their original owners who were moving out of state. And then we just recently adopted some rehomed hens. A white Plymouth and her 2 polish sisters. I’m new to all this...

Hi I haven’t been on BYC for a while but recently we have been haveing a pest problem we have been working hard on trying to solve and unfortunately last night this *thing* got my favorite bird I was thinking that later this year when it comes to butcher season, I would save a few heads and...

Hi! I have an almost 6 month old polish chicken and want to know if it is a Rooster or Hen. It has a red wattle and it crowed the other day— though I’ve read Hens will sometimes do that if there are no roosters around. Any help would be amazing as I have her/him in with my other 3 hens...

Our beloved (sort of psychotic--ha!) Polish hen, Pierogi, is almost one year old and hasn't laid a single egg. Our other ladies, born the same day, have been laying for months now. Pierogi has rooster tendencies (a bit aggressive, will try and attack anything that comes near the coop) but is...

hi there, new to this website. Last spring, Me and my family incubated and hatched our chicken's eggs to see what we would get. We got some chickens from a New Hampshire rooster and our Buff Polish hens, which my mom has dubbed, "Crested New Englands". I'm curious if anybody else here has bred...

Oddball, bantam white crested black polish

Terrible photo I know, but is anyone able to identify these bugs / mites I’ve found on my polish hen? I figure they’re mites but what kind? I see a lot of people have issues with red mites but these look nothing like them to me? And can mites kill a chicken, or cause neurological issues? This...

Hi everyone, I recently have my chicken inside my home, because of a recent bumblefoot scab removal Original thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumblefoot-week-after-scab-removal.1557084/ Well he’s been inside sense 12/02 per vet request, things have been going great...

I've seen a thread going around on chicken breeds that you would not own again, but what about the ones you would? I'll start this off, personally for me polish. I have one now and she is the friendliest, cutest, and funniest chicken I have EVER had. She has a funny thing about crocs and when...