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[PixelPie]

This is one of my 5/6 week old Polish chickens I'm hoping is a pullet? I have 4 altogether but no idea if pullets or cockerels Any tips for this age?

 

[cavemanrich]

Cant help you with sex of chicken,,,, but would like to welcome you to BYC'. I had Polish in years past, and they are beautiful. One thing to note... Their hairdo prevents them from seeing overhead dangers,,, like hawks. Second inconvenience,,, during winter mine would drink water,, and their hairdo would get wet, and look like a wet mop. I used to give them haircuts in winter. In summer, the hairdos dried quickly, so no haircuts

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[BobStuart]

This is one of my 5/6 week old Polish chickens I'm hoping is a pullet? I have 4 altogether but no idea if pullets or cockerels Any tips for this age?

Look at their wattles if they are starting to go red and are bigger then should be a cock. Otherwise it should be a pullet.

 

[HappyHippyChick]

This appears it is a male. Polish hens have a neat round hairdo, and Polish males are wild with longer feathers on the head.

 

[PixelPie]

Cant help you with sex of chicken,,,, but would like to welcome you to BYC'. I had Polish in years past, and they are beautiful. One thing to note... Their hairdo prevents them from seeing overhead dangers,,, like hawks. Second inconvenience,,, during winter mine would drink water,, and their hairdo would get wet, and look like a wet mop. I used to give them haircuts in winter. In summer, the hairdos dried quickly, so no haircuts

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

Hi, and thankyou
I have my suspicions that there's only 1 pullet in the 4. The one in the photo likely a cockerel but if I do have a hen to keep I don't mind giving it a haircut my girls are a wee bit spoilt. My chicken run is quite big and fully enclosed so that's not a worry. Thanks

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

I'm thinking male.... crazy hair doo often points to a male polish!

 

[fluffycrow]

Is this a frizzle?

 

[PixelPie]

Is this a frizzle?

Ah yes I should have said

 

[fluffycrow]

Ah yes I should have said

OK, in this case, we cannot judge the "craziness" of the crest. There are no wattles present, and no other signs of a male bird. So the answer is "nothing is pointing towards this being a male, yet"

 

[PixelPie]

OK, in this case, we cannot judge the "craziness" of the crest. There are no wattles present, and no other signs of a male bird. So the answer is "nothing is pointing towards this being a male, yet"

Excellent, there's hope yet