11 week buff polish a roo??new pictures

[LilPeeps]

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Some are bearded, others are non bearded, sounds like the male was bearded and the female was nb.

 

[seminolewind]

I have been totally fooled by poof. I think the buff laced Polish are the easiest , the males start to get real dark brown feathering, like in their poof, and saddle area. It's unmistakeable. I dont' see any of that in your three.

 

[tamsflock]

No it isn't darkat all. So then maybe they are hens just not pretty poofs yet!!

 

[seminolewind]

I have one Polish who just started laying eggs and has bright red wattles. She still has a questionable poof. Go figure.
But BLP cockerels look way different once they start getting those darker brown feathers, and not a buff laced pattern. If you go to feathersite, I think they have pics of some roos there and you'll see what I mean.

 

[seminolewind]

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That styrofoam eater, LOL, his poof looks just like my hen's poof, and she has red wattles. But has laid an egg.

 

[jossanne]

I was looking through my pics and found a couple that maybe will help...

These are my polish at about 8 or 9 weeks old (I think...)

This first picture has the backs of the heads of my buff-laced pullet (she's a lot darker than yours) and my silver-laced cockerel. See the mohawk look of the crest, and the feathers are already spiky on the silver-laced. The crests on the pullets were already starting to poof out to the side, while the cockerels really needed a comb....

This second picture is the same day, with the cockerel at the feeder. See his spiky crest feathers? They were obviously spiked by that age.

 

[tamsflock]

Yours are a lot darker. No spikey feathers so maybe girls!! I have noticed these 3 are a lot smaller bird than the other polish I have that were bought at the same time. They are like half the body weight. The others have some weight on them these are tiny.

 

[jossanne]

I am thinking your 3 are pullets. Did you get them all from the same source?

 

[whatsup chickenbutt]

my roosters are also gaining quite a bit more body mass than my girls now. they are about 10-11 weeks old. the girls were always slightly larger until about 3 weeks ago. And one of my roosters crows A LOT! way more than my little banty.