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    the sultan thread

    Here is a pic of Zanzibar to prove he exists! :P Pardon his chopped legs/vulture hocks!
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    the sultan thread

    Hello fellow Sultan owners! How is everyone today?! Zanzibar is convinced he is the hottest thing in the yard lately. I don't think he has figured out quite how to breed the ladies, though. He just likes to chase them incessantly until I am ready to kick him over the fence. Haha. :) Raja seems...
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    the sultan thread

    They have to be resistant. :( At first it was just a few and only noticed a few "moth holes" on one of my girls. I checked her and didn't see anything so used a preventative dusting. Didn't give much thought to it until one day I was gentling my main rooster. He is a bit flighty and silly, not...
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    the sultan thread

    Hi guys! Back again! Still unsure who is laying, but I know for sure I have one silkie hen and one red polish popping them out. :) I am getting three different colored eggs, however. A Cream, a white, and a tan so I know there has to be somebody else, but whoooo? Whoever it is keeps laying it...
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    Silkies: skinny, runny poop, deworming?

    They are good, Still on non-medicated feed and still a bit thin. I am beginning to think it may just be the silkies. I have since raised another batch of bantam and LF sized Polish who all have good body weight, even while going through a molt right not as they transition from teenagers. Some of...
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    the sultan thread

    Hi guys! Long time no talk! My laptop has been on the fritz so I haven't been online as much. :) Just wanted to update you on my kids! I for sure have a roo and two pullets now! Zanzibar has been trying to crow for a few weeks now which is pretty hilarious. :) Bali and Morocco are just as...
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    I have to talk POLISH!

    Thus far, I have had REALLY good success by looking at early pink pigment just behind the beak. My roosters got early pink/red and only one of those pinker chicks is giving me a hard time as far as sex goes. I was convinced it was a him, and now I am thinking it is a her. We'll see! I did the...
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    the sultan thread

    We were having fabulous weather for a while there! :) The chickens loved it! It was warm with a delicious breeze and chilly at night. Perfect in all ways and then we got this wacky storm that kind of kicked everything into a tailspin. This morning I woke up early to kick the girls out of the...
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    the sultan thread

    Haven't had much to report lately. :) Zanzibar is a little explorer. He is adventurous and inquisitive and so unlike the two girls. I often find him off on his own with the big chickens, pecking away and getting into things. Raja is doing great! I am thinking of clipping back her leg feathers...
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    I have to talk POLISH!

    I don't think it's reliable even with hatchery stock. When I picked up my lot from the feed store I took the only 7 they had. Only one had a large, rounded skull and everyone else had either nothing at all or a tiny one. Three or so of the no-bumps turned into pullets and my rounded bumped...
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    I have to talk POLISH!

    Okay, so I forget if the discussion of Polish chickens being a fragile breed was spoken about in this thread, or the other Polish thread, so I am going to report here. I randomly picked up another batch of Polish chicks (8) that are now about 3 weeks or so old. No losses. I was supposed to...
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    I have to talk POLISH!

    I would give them time. :) My mot skittish in the brooder of my first batch has actually turned into my friendliest chicken I have. She climbs up me like a monkey every time I am out there with them, either into my arms to be "caught" or onto my shoulders and head. She is a goofball, but as a...
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    the sultan thread

    Whew! So glad I don't have any broodies, yet! Lol! With the amount of silkies I have, it's bound to happen eventually, but nobody is laying yet so I am enjoying it while I can. ;) Good news, guys! The three baby sultans have finally fully integrated in with the "big kids"! Last night I found...
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    Polish Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh, I know it had a beard. I was just trying to throw in some perspective on them being Polish, perhaps. :) They could just be poor stock, maybe, in regards to the crest size. I have done some nonchalant reading on genetics (researching blues & khakis) and think I came across someone asking a...
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    Polish Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I thought I read somewhere that crossing a laced bird to a solid would produce all black chicks? Is this correct? Maybe it is a Polish but just an "oops" from a solid and a laced mixing? Aren't creveceour's typically bearded? Not that familiar on that particular tophat variety. :)
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