Houdan/Polish Sexing Help

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ChickenWendy

ChickenWendy

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Dec 3, 2007
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I think this white one is a Houdan - it has 5 toes. Is that normal? I hatched all 5 of these out from eggs i won on ebay.
I think I heard this one crow already.
All of these birds are 5 weeks old in the pictures.
That's my oldest Rachel in the picture. She loves the chickens.

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This guy and the above white guy were bumping chest. is that indicative of males? And do polish have 5 toes?? also what type of polish is this one? i have no clue with the coloring.

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& what color are these two & can you tell if they are males or females?
it doesnt look it in the picture but they have white top hats but they are a grey/blue or pale brown (depending on what light i am looking at them in) on their bodies. and they are bantams i believe. all of these in the pictures are except the houdan.

thanks for any help you might can offer.

I have 8 silkies i want help on but they are all the same age and there is no telling until they are much older right?

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edited to make the pictures the right size i think.
 
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Polish do not have 5 toes, houdans do, and there are white houdans. Does it have feathered legs, if so it's a sultan. But sometimes polish can hatch out with 5 toes, but the can mean inbreeding, or bad stock. Bumping chests does not always indicate a male, they could just be figuring out their pecking order. The second one looks almost like a golden laced polish, and silver laced polish mixed. The 3rd one can be a self black, or it can just be a WC black polish with really bad coloring. The last 2 look either like WC blue, or WC khaki/chocolate. As on male or female, I think it's too early to tell, but females have a rounder top hat, while males have a more spiky/poofy, top hat. I'll take the houdan and khkakis off your hands
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they're georgous! What seller on ebay did you buy eggs from? I bought polish eggs on ebay too from 2 sellers, some are self black and self blue frizzled.
 
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thank you for your help. none of the polish have 5 toes - i was just asking. the white houdan does and i know he crowed and i was astounded as he was only 5 weeks old at the time. he's 6-7 weeks old now. - they all are.
I got them from a seller named Blue Polish. His name was Jim. I think he is in Pennsylvania. Out of 7 eggs, 5 hatched. i thought that was excellent.
The black one had on the egg (he wrote on the egg) SC for self chocolate. He had most of them labeled correctly - like the Houdan. The 2 little khaki/blue ones i believe he had listed as WCChocolates. And the one that you identified as a mix he had as a Creole - but i didnt understand that.
But i was pleased with them.
I just got 18 polish eggs (mixes - Buff Laced, Golden Laced, WCBlack) from Peeps7. He wasnt sure of his fertility. Only 5 are growing, but i'm happy. I cant wait to see what they turn out to look like. The Polish are my very favorite!! For me there is no other chicken!
Again, thanks for your help.
 
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Okay, I bought from the same buyer, and had a great hatch and also had a few creole babies hatch out, they are beautiful when they are older. Good luck with your next hatch and your birds are georgous!
 

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