We have'nt lost any hens to predators.. I live in a Native NZ Kiwi zone (Kiwis are flightless birds) and so there are heavy protections.. people are not even allowed cats. Theres no wild dogs (things like foxes, wolves coyotes etc).. the biggest predator threat are possums.. which are more...
Thanks! I will bear this in mind. I think they are so beautiful and I'd hate them to get lost!
This one is the only one I'm suspicious of even being a roo.. and by the looks of it she's a wee pullet getting ready to lay. They don't really wander off (unlike the campine and the wellsummers.. who...
Thanks! in NZ we do have small falcons.. we don't have wild dogs, coyotes etc and I live in an Native Kiwi zone so people are not even allowed cats around here.. where I got them they also free ranged. We close their coop and pen up at night. But my main concern is the falcons during the day...
Thanks Everyone... I'm trying to determine if my hen is actually a hen or a rooster so please let me know if any of you have experience with Polish hens :-)
I look forward to learning from this community.. I've been lurking and reading the forums for over a year now!
Can you guys help me sex mine? I got 'her' in November and was told she's coming into pullet.. Im sorry I cannot give definitive time on her hatching.
the other 2 poles I got have been laying and soft more rounded affros.. 'she' seems to have developed a wilder punkier hairstyle than the other...
Hi!
I'm trying to determine if my polish is a hen or a rooster.
I got 3 polish hens 2 months ago.. I was told they are all hens and this one in particular is coming into pullet..
Ela makes cute chirpy sounds.. is very skittish and easily spooked. She hasn't laid any eggs (that i've...
Hi.. I recently aquired 3 beautiful polish hens. I was told that they are all female.
That 2 were laying and one is "coming into pullet"
All my hens are free range.. and by that I mean.. totally free range.. they have 5 acres of freedom and return to their nesting boxes to lay and roost in...
hello My name is Anna. I live in Aotearoa NZ.. I'm joining this site to find out more about my Polish hens and hens in general :-)
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Reasonably. we have had chickens for almost 3 years now but I've added some Polish hens to the flock...