I have to talk POLISH!

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TNBarnQueen said:
Do not beat yourself up. You would not believe how many people I have seen or have had bring chicks/chickens to me who where told they where something completely something different. It is sad that people mislead others to just make money off of them. Makes my furious! Especially when it comes to creles and silkies.

Hey you live and learn..I would say that the majority of us here have had this exoerience ourselves....but your last pic does look much closer. Put it with a crele and you will get some nice offspring. You can even have a good jump on working on a crele project.

I am selling off a lot of my crele in the next couple months since I am starting on the next generation if anyone is interested.
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You live in East Tn! Do you have any Frizzles for sale? Can you email me privately about prices for crele, an any others you might have? Mine are LF, but I think I'm going to replace with bantams. Would love a frizzle and flat buff laced. Thanks! ps- I live in Trenton, GA (about 20 mins South of Chattanooga. I'll be at the show in Calhoun, GA, but will be broke at that one :) Son just started another semester at college :) _Pam
 
I have to post a pic of my 2 4 week old chicks
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Good morning Polish lovers...

Don't have any...yet but want some vadly. But I have a concern. I met a breeder last week end in a pouktry show. I asked jim why there was no Polish. He told me tgat nobody wants to keep them since they are really "fragile" (sorry I'm french not sure if it is the right word)...and more supbseptible to catch desease and illness and parasites...is this true? I looked for Polish breeders here in Quebec and found none or like always don't advertize themselves...

Isabelle
 
I have only had a few polish, but I have had some of them for over six years. My experience has been the oposite of what you were told. My birds have been some if the healthiest birds I have. The problems with polish are these. 1. Chicks are dificult to raise because other chicks (even other polish) think the fluffy crest is food and peck the polish chicks head clean
This leads to bleeding which causes the other chicks to canibalize the scalp of the polish chick leading to death.

2. Because of the crest, polish cannot see up or backwards like other chickens. This makes them very easy targets for predators.

Polish do not go broody and you need another breed to hatch their eggs or an incubator. Outside of these things, I think polish are great birds.
 
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Jungleexplorer said:
I have only had a few polish, but I have had some of them for over six years. My experience has been the oposite of what you were told. My birds have been some if the healthiest birds I have. The problems with polish are these. 1. Chicks are dificult to raise because other chicks (even other polish) think the fluffy crest is food and peck the polish chicks head clean
This leads to bleeding which causes the other chicks to canibalize the scalp of the polish chick leading to death.

2. Because of the crest, polish cannot see up or backwards like other chickens. This makes them very easy targets for predators.

Polish do not go broody and you need another breed to hatch their eggs or an incubator. Outside of these things, I think polish are great birds.
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Thank you for the tips...has for the brooding problems I'm ok with that since I raise Chantecler and it is the same issue...I got a bator and Silkies for this....for thecanibalism Ihave a big brooder pen....and a silkie pen...since they're also crested shouldn't pose a problem.....and I will do them poneytail :p

Thanks for the response...and sorry for the mistakes..I write with a cell...hate it...

Isabelle
 

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