Are frizzle polish able to be shown as long as they reach SOP on all points? Can they just get best variety or can they win further up? I haven't seen any mention of them in the ABA SOP.
I have a white bantam Polish pullet and cockerel that was shipped across country from a very well respected breeder back in February. The cockerel is perfect in every way but the pullet has always had a bit of a head twitch when she gets stressed/excited which can be common in the breed so I...
Sorry I haven't updated, I've been staying very busy with the chickens. So out of the second batch 8 out of 25 lived. Polish actually have holes in their skulls and can suffer from head trauma from shipping. I've learned my lesson, I will never ship a fragile breed again.
I don't want to upset the hatchery, but at the same time, I believe they should know. Do you think they will "black ball" me from ordering list or something? I'm not the type to cause trouble but I did pay decently for female Polish chicks and a total of 7 are dead (thats about $30 I've lost)...
So I have hatched and raised dozens of barn yard mixes and they always did so well.
Well I've decided to get purebred Polish from a hatchery. Last week I had 25 shipped that arrived on my birthday....all dead. I was devastated. I called the hatchery crying and they apologized and sent a new...
My chicks are hatching!!! This is only my 3rd hatch and my first two weren't very successful but I learned from mistakes and hopefully fixed them.
Anyways when two babies hatched tonight, I notice the inside of one of the shells had black spots? The chick seems fine but what is the black spots...
So long story. My rooster died, fueled by emotion I incubated eggs that were fertilized by him, and only one hatched and we named it Akea. Akea has been beyond spoiled as a pet. She was raised in our house getting full attention from us. As she got bigger, we let her run outside during the day...