I have 4 itty bitty polish chicks in a brooder waiting to join my flock. My flock consists of 3 RIR Hens, 3 Golden Sexlinks, 1 Orpington hen, 1 Orpington rooster, and 4 bantam orpingtons.
I read someone's post on here earlier that said something about polish chickens not being able to live with "regular" chickens because they'll get pecked. Is that true? I wasn't really planning on building a second run, but I sure don't want them to be beaten up constantly.
Anybody here have polish chickens in with their other breeds?
I read someone's post on here earlier that said something about polish chickens not being able to live with "regular" chickens because they'll get pecked. Is that true? I wasn't really planning on building a second run, but I sure don't want them to be beaten up constantly.
Anybody here have polish chickens in with their other breeds?
. I walk in front of her and coo and she follows my voice. She is the only one I ever need to pick up, poor soul! As for getting picked on, they are left alone by the hens. She will peck someone who gets too close, especially roosting time! My Easter eggers play nurse to the cockeral, guiding him to the doorways and such. But one of my brahma turned out to be a cockeral, and his favorite hen to rape is the polish. Yesterday he won the fight for supremacy against polish roo who has been hiding all day. Never a dull moment! That being said, all my chicks have been living together since five weeks of age, and the ee's and polish since three days old. Introducing new chicks will be difficult regardless.
