I have to talk POLISH!

[miohippus]

I wanted to see if y'all could help me with this little ones color, and just for heak of it pullet or cockrel

looks like the red crested reds i got from a hatchery

 

[flockofbantams]

I wanted to see if y'all could help me with this little ones color, and just for heak of it pullet or cockrel

looks like the red crested reds i got from a hatchery

Thanks the only difference is see color wise is that mine has slight stripes and spots on it's back???? Wonder if reds come like that, some with stripes and some not. I saw where buffs can do that...???

 

[miohippus]

Thanks the only difference is see color wise is that mine has slight stripes and spots on it's back???? Wonder if reds come like that, some with stripes and some not. I saw where buffs can do that...???

you can't see it in the photo but mine had spot also.

this is what they look like now





this is a group photo the one at the top is one and you can see the spots on the back of its head.

 

[flockofbantams]

Thanks the only difference is see color wise is that mine has slight stripes and spots on it's back???? Wonder if reds come like that, some with stripes and some not. I saw where buffs can do that...???

you can't see it in the photo but mine had spot also. this is what they look like now this is a group photo the one at the top is one and you can see the spots on the back of its head.

Ok thank you! Very pretty

 

[ShadyGroveFarm1]

you can't see it in the photo but mine had spot also.

this is what they look like now





this is a group photo the one at the top is one and you can see the spots on the back of its head.

That's what mine looks like!, except she's been picked at by other chickens a little bit so her crest isn't as full

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Hi everyone,

I am new to breeding polish, and have hatched my first round of chicks. They are 3 days to a week old with bunches more in the incubator. The goal is to improve my bearded polish crests by out-crossing with nicely crested non-bearded birds. They are all bantams. What do I cull for? I am fortunate enough to have a feed store that will take my culls at any age, so I can start now.

I have some with obvious vaulted heads and others without, some with nice looking poofta and others with not so much - Is that enough to start culling or do I need to wait?

I posted this same question in another polish thread, so don't need to answer me twice

Thanks!

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Replying to FlockofBantams and Myohippus - Having done some study of chick down related to color, Myohippus (love your name, by the way), did your chick have spots on the back and were they center spots or side by side if it did? Usually any type of side by side coloration on the back will lead to a patterned bird: Laced, Partridge, Wild Type and any other variant there of depending on the genetics. Keep us posted tho with photo's, will be interesting to see how it turns out!

 

[AmyP716]

What do you guys think about these two polish. They are 7 weeks old. I think the black one is a hen and blue is a rooster. I just want a few other opinions.

 

[Sunshine0235]

What do you guys think about these two polish. They are 7 weeks old. I think the black one is a hen and blue is a rooster. I just want a few other opinions.

Both look like cockerels to me

 

[Henny]

I agree--both look like roosters.