Buff Laced Polish!!!

[Cknldy]

One of the cockerels surprised me with a 'thank you' this morning! Yesterday he was choking on feed and I had massaged his throat until it went down. (He kept coming over to me which he usually doesn't do.) Today as I stooped down to pet a crevecoeur the buff polish boy jumped up on the back of my shoulders After swiping his beak over my jacket a few times he sat down on my back like that was where he was supposed to be. I loved it but had other chores to do. My daughter said it was so graceful how he hopped off as if saying thanks. I hope everyone is gearing up for better weather and chickies!

 

[thowe]

Thats really nice. Sounds like you've got a new friend. I have a buff laced polish coming in April. Can't wait..I'll post pic when I get her.

 

[Cknldy]

With age the timidness disappears...the pullet is now friendly enough to sit quietly on the roost above me and not move away when I reach to pet her. For most of the last week she has waited until I go to scoop under the roost to fly up and watch me. My mottled houdan girl did the same thing so I think it is a calmness that comes before they begin to lay. The BLP pullet has a beautiful creaminess to her color- a great contrast to the darker golds in the cockerels. Wishing you many majestic pics when you get yours!

 

[2chixintown]

I have 10 buff laced at the moment and two blue crested white polish chicks right now they are about 2 and a half weeks. They are super cute. Mine are very skittish maybe it is because I have so many right now and haven't handled them all. Does anyone know when their feathers start getting laced?

 

[Cknldy]

I worried when I didn't see lacing as their feathers grew in. As they got older, probably around 3 months old, the lacing started to show really light on the pullet. The cockerels are a darker buff so the lacing shows better. I think they are just beautiful- especially the pullets! Where did you get yours from?

 

[2chixintown]

Ok thanks, I will know what to expect now! Well my friend got them for me since I had to sell my other chickens. I believe she got them at Cenex.

 

[2chixintown]

The lacing is starting to show, I believe on a Roo. I am starting to tell pulleys from cockerels now.

 

[Cknldy]

Nice mohawk! How many of each are you thinking you have?

 

[2chixintown]

I'm thinking about 5 pullets and 5 cockerels. So about half, I can't keep Roos so going to sell them off. The lacing started showing up younger than I expected they are about 6-7 weeks. Ill post some more updated photos later, some definitely look like cockerels (red comb, big legs, darker buff) and some pullets (lighter buff, flesh colored combs, smaller in size).

 

[carikermoon]

I'm thinking about 5 pullets and 5 cockerels. So about half, I can't keep Roos so going to sell them off. The lacing started showing up younger than I expected they are about 6-7 weeks. Ill post some more updated photos later, some definitely look like cockerels (red comb, big legs, darker buff) and some pullets (lighter buff, flesh colored combs, smaller in size).

I only have one BLP and so cannot compare/contrast it to another for help in sexing. It is about 2.5 months old and I'm thinking it's a cockerel...when did your Roos start crowing and/or Hens start laying so that you knew their sex for sure?

Here's a pic of Lightning in what I think is a rooster stance: