So this happened, 18 months old now. He was a rescue so not bothered about breed standards ect just wondered if others had experienced such a dramatic colour change? This is Ron as a youngster and now after losing his final dark feather 😁
I know polish are very hard to sex but hoping because these are crosses I may be able to tell a little sooner. Any ideas on these 2?
Fyi, the little cross beak chick is growing fine and is no smaller than it's sibling. They will be staying with me regardless of sex I'm just interested.
I posted a couple of weeks back about a batch of mixed aged rescue chicks I got. Now they are growing well. This one I was sure was a pullet as no comb or red face visible and had beautiful rounded crest. I'm now having doubts with new feathers appearing (lovely patterns) and some definite...
So I have my 8 polish chicks. I know for sure one is a roo. I'm posting these 3 as they are the next biggest/oldest. I'm estimating 8/9 weeks Its confusing. One of the white ones crest is a bit wet and dirty lol but still shouts roo at me but the body feathers don't. Opinions on these 3?
I've been the proud owner of ex cage hens for a couple of years now. I joined here as I had a little flock of baby polish come in on a rescue last week. I've never owned chicks and I've heard these ones are particularly hard to sex . They vary in ages and I have already started a new thread in...
Hi, I recently rescued 8 polish chicks from a small house hoarding environment, they are different sizes and ages so can't tell you how many weeks they are. The largest one is a roo, he appears a few weeks older, the others then go down in size with the smallest being 2 little brown and black...