I have to talk POLISH!

[BackYardChknLvr]

At what age can you start to see the genders? I have 2 four week olds I suspect are Roos but could be wrong also mine are no where near as feathered as the 5 week olds in the above picture. I'll be so sad if mine are Roos I've been looking forever for polish

IF YOU CAN POST PICTURES OF THEM I WILL NEED 2 SHOTS OF EACH, FROM THE FRONT AND FROM THE SIDE I WILL SEX THEM FOR YOU AND EXPLAIN HOW I AM DOING IT

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

All my other chicks are the same age and they are feathering fine, the feathers on the polish are good too I just noticed the major crest difference thought it was weird, do polish feather differently than other breeds though?

TO HELP ABOUT THE FEATHERING ON POLISH, AND YES.. THEY DO TEND TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER ON TO FEATHER FULLY OUT OF THERE BABY FLUFF THEN OTHER CHICKENS, I FINALY SAW YOUR AND TO BE HONEST NOT SURE, AND THE ONE WITH THE ORANGE FEET DOESNT LOOK LIKE ITS A TRUE POLISH, ITS CROSSED WITH SOMETHING CAUSE THE POLISH ARENTS SUPPOSED TO HAVE GREEN OR ORANGE FEET AT ALL, USUALY AT 4 WEEKS THEY ARE THE COLOR THEY NEED TO BE. GIVE IT ABOUT 2 MORE WEEKS DECREESE THE HEAT ON THEM TO ABOUT 70 RIGHT NOW TAKING THE LIGHT UP A BIT HIGHER, SO THEY CAN START TO FEATHER IN A BIT BETTER, AND FOR THE HEAD DRESSING ITS HARD TO TELL RIGHT NOW NORMALY I CAN TELL AT 4 WEEKS.. BUT HOW THEY ARE FEATHERING IN IS DIFFERENT THEN A TRUE POLISH, SO I THINK YOURS MAY BE CROSSED, CAN YOU PLEASE GET ME A CLOSER PICTURE OF BOTH OF THERE FACES

 

[bantambury]

so I realized one of my polish chicks has orange feet and another already has greenish slate like @wickedhens is this the distinguished sighs of a hen and roo?

my next question is will the legs soon turn slate?

anyone? here are some pics:




see how the legs are two colors?


what does this mean?

 

[Varglet]

Still too young to tell genders, but they are adorably funny looking.

 

[Animals970]

Love to see everybody's chick pics!!!!!

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

Still too young to tell genders, but they are adorably funny looking.

adorable for sure.. honestly i can tell the one that has its head towards us is looking like it will be a smooth neck rooster.. need to see the front of the other one and i can probably tell you

 

[wickedhens]

I was wondering if they were crossed myself, the woman I got them from was making jokes about other roosters getting into the pen and it made me uneasy they are all snuggled in for the night I will try and get some good pics sometime tomorrow

 

[K Epp]

I have chicks at different ages and stages. I have found it easier to rotate them from brooder to brooder. I have 3 different stages. #1 a Rubbermaid tote with a echo brooder in it. New hatchlings go in there. #2 also a tote has a small reflector light with a 60 watt bulb. #3 is a large rabbit cage. It also has a 60 watt light and I use it for a bit then cut it off. After they are fully feathered I start acclimating them out side to the bantam coop during the day and bringing them in at night. I have silkies in the cage now that are ready to go out as soon as this cold snap is over. They get their chick starter for breakfast and dinner at night spend the day out side. They hang pretty close to the coop, but it gives them and the flock time to get used to each other. Large fowl chicks go through the same process, but when they out grow the bantam I move them into the barn which is the hardest step because they want to go back to the bantam coop to roost. It sounds complicated, but I just move them around as they grow and have several chicks the same age so they always have a familiar friend moving with them.

 

[Varglet]

Individual pics. I hope neither is a cockerel, since I won't be able to keep any more than I already have. The second one is standing like that because one of the dogs came around the corner. They are hatchery quality.

 

[bhj123]

Individual pics. I hope neither is a cockerel, since I won't be able to keep any more than I already have. The second one is standing like that because one of the dogs came around the corner. They are hatchery quality.

The one on the top look rooish to me. However, the one on the bottom looks a LOT like a hen.