I have poured over feather and polish crest sexing pictures online and am pretty sure I have all pullets. I am totally laughing at myself because there is no way this is possible. I have the worst luck! Here is the crest guide I used. Here is one of the many feather sexing articles I referenced...
Knowing full well that buying shipped eggs is a huge gamble I bought eggs off of eBay anyway and all arrived safe except for one. I paid a stupid amount for these eggs so instead of admitting defeat and cutting my losses (like I should have) I did a little research and found posts suggesting...
2010: When we moved to the woods from the city I begged and begged my husband (B) to let me have chickens. Who doesn't want fresh eggs everyday? Just pick up a few things off Amazon and we're set! Boy was I in for a big surprise!
2012: He finally gave in and we started out with 3 pullets and a...
silver laced polish:
white crested polish:
picked up a few all-female chicks from MPC. they're about 5 weeks now. my white crested polish bantam has a O shaped head, which is typical of females according to my research. a little worried about the silver laced polish...