8 Week Old Polish Sexing

[Jessi.Smith]

I have 4 polish chickens that I ordered as sexed females. Some are starting to get waddles and the seem to have different top knots. They are 8 weeks old now.
Blue is a white crested blue polish. She was being a little shy today, so the pics are a little dark.
Taby is a white crested black polish with waddles.
Autumn is a golden laced polish with a crazy top knot.
And Monkey is a silver laced polish with scissor beak and a spikey top knot.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Did you get them from a hatchery? Were they vent sexed?
Polish are notoriously hard to sex I’m afraid but that said the only one that would concern me at the moment is Autum. The spikey crest & wattle development swing me towards this but they are not too red. Taby & the wattles don’t concern me as white crested black females have wattles. The crest also looks tidy which says female. My WCB hens also have spurs!

For now I would give it a few more weeks to be sure but nothing 100% Male jumps out at me.

 

[Jessi.Smith]

Yes, I got them from My Pet Chicken, and they were vent sexed.
Thank you for the response! I will keep a closer eye on Autumn.

 

[drumstick diva]

I would keep my eyes on Autumn also . Beautiful birds

 

[Jessi.Smith]

Thank you! I had a talk with her today and told her that she had better be a she

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Autumn and Monkey are males.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

or at least keep your good eye on monkey... my best guess is a he though... Autumn is a boy for sure... not talkin will change that

 

[Jessi.Smith]

I have already been watching Monkey to make sure he/she gets enough to eat. I read with scissor beak they may not get enough to eat.

Maybe that is why Autumn kept running away when we were having our talk......

Thanks for the reply.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I have already been watching Monkey to make sure he/she gets enough to eat. I read with scissor beak they may not get enough to eat.

Maybe that is why Autumn kept running away when we were having our talk......

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Little Farm Girl]

Hi, I know these are only 5-6 weeks old, but there is definitely a difference in the gender of the chicks in one column vs the other column...which column do you think has which gender?