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Oh heavens! Mine have passed the cute stage into the awkward!
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But I love them anyway! Well worth the 14 hour trip!
sharon
Oh yes very much fun!
And they are adorable Sharon
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Many times it won't show up till later on. If you are breeding him to a sibling or cousin then you run a very high chance of setting that bad trait in the chicks. It is possible to breed out that undesired trait, but be prepared for a lot of culling after the chicks are grown out to 6...
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My frizzled cockerel also has an unkempt tail. The toes I'd worry about. . . Watch out for that in the chicks. He's very cute though!! Telling by his tail angle and crest color I'd guess he's from the exact parentage of my smooth cockerel. My frizzle has a lower tail and much more...
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Absolutely adorable and gorgeous!!!
Are these from your pair or from eggs you bought?
Yes they are from my pair but now I'm just worried about the feathering out
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I do best sexing my Polish at age 2-7 days. I am never wrong on a male, though sometimes a lovely male will fool me into thinking he's a she. Once they start to feather in, it's much harder to tell until after 5-6 weeks or so when one can really see the wattles. Female chicks have a...