Gender on Polish Chickens?

[becky3086]

Is there any way to tell?

There are two more, I just don't have their pics. Oh and the second pic and third pic have the same chick in them.

 

[SterlingAcres]

IMO, too early to tell. Though they do look like the hen I hatched out earlier this year, poof wise.

 

[becky3086]

How do you tell when they get older? I haven't had these before.

 

[jossanne]

From my little bit of experience, I'm guessing the first one is a male. My silver-laced and buff-laced chicks were purchased at 4 weeks from the feed store. I picked 4 with shrek looking horns in front and more feathers in their crests because they were cute, and then took 2 others who hardly had any feathers in their crests. As the 2 grew older, their crests were slow to feather in and they looked like mohawks for a long time. Those two were cockerels, and the other 4 were pullets.

I got a white day-old polish pullet from McMurray, and her crest was quick to come in and fluff out all the way around, but I had no cockerel to compare her to.

So I'd say the ones with more mohawk-looking crests are males, more evenly rounded are females.

 

[jossanne]

When they get older, the females will have a rounded poof on their head, while the males will have spiky, punk rocker hairdos that stream out in every direction.

silver-laced male, 22 weeks old

silver-laced female, 18 weeks old

Edited cuz I said females twice! Males are spiky and crazy....

 

[lovemychix]

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I have some chicks that are 7 weeks and I can start to guess now. My males have mohawks too and the hens are more rounded....I agree!!!

 

[lovemychix]

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Those are nice birds. I have 2 black white crested and 2 white crested blues, and one that is black and white. I can't wait until they get all filled out!!

 

[jossanne]

Thanks lovemychix. I love them! Becky, you'll love yours too. Polish are great.

 

[becky3086]

Humm, I am just going to have to post more pictures when they get older because in your pictures the female looks a lot more rounded to me and the male looks like its is going in all directions, lol.
Becky

 

[Andora]

I'm waiting for my Polish to grow their crest feathers in so I can tell their gender. They hatched on 11/24. The babies in the posted pictures look like they are in such an awkward stage.

My chicks are so cute, I wish they could just keep those cotton balls on top of their heads.