I have to talk POLISH!

[seminolewind]

My 7 creles are doing well at 6 weeks old. I got to take more pictures. They have interesting colors, and are very tame.
I'm having a hard time picking out a male. I know I have one, but they are all quite poofy.

I have 5 creles in the house, they are 3 weeks old, very tame, and cute, and I'm guessing at least 2 males. I'm keeping any roos, so I'll have to build a roo palace, LOL

My one Tolbunt roo, who has been alone the last few months, finally moved in with a flock of girls, only 3 are Polish, 5 others are bigger chickens. One of them has been chasing him around pecking him, LOL. You have to laugh when the hens bully the roo around for awhile.

 

[miohippus]

Went on a field trip with my daughter these WCB live at a museum/wildlife preserve.

 

[Illia]

lol Chickens at Museums, Preserves, Parks, etc. You'd at least imagine a rare breed. Cute though.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

lol Chickens at Museums, Preserves, Parks, etc. You'd at least imagine a rare breed. Cute though.

Some believe Polish are the oldest existing breed, which would make it a great choice for a museum, as well as the smile factor! History: Polish is also one of the oldest crested breeds, being known as a pure breed as early as the sixteenth century. The Polish breed probably originated on the Continent, but nothing is truly known about its origins. Polish were brought from Asia in to which is now southern Russia by Mongols and other invading tribes under their rule. They were then brought in to Poland and kept in villages and by nobles and were distributed further in to western Europe by Germans who lived and worked in Poland, Germany, Holland, England and Italy's Padua city. Breed standardization was done in Holland, England and Germany and the name change took place in 1869 Germany, Dresden at a convention of Poultry breeders to Paduaner (Polish Padewski). During that time Poland had been partitioned out by war and was gone from the map. Polish breeders persisted in having the name changed back, although there are still breeds that are called Padewski. Thanks to Dutchman Arie Boland, Polish are found in many colors, which he helped to preserve.The Polish is a European breed of chicken known for its crest of feathers. The English language name of these birds is a misnomer, as they do not originate in the country of Poland. Instead, the oldest accounts of crested chickens comes from the Netherlands. Mentioned in literature as early as the sixteenth century, Polish Chickens are a very old breed. They were probably imported from Eastern Europe to England, where they became known as Poland Fowls. Continental Europeans often refer to these and to all crested breeds as Paduans or Padoues. The oldest reference found to date is the stone statue in the Vatican which bears a very close resemblance to a crested fowl. Another discovery was in a Roman archaeological dig in the south of England where a skull from a bird was discovered and was exactly the same as the skull on today's Poland breed. It therefore suggests that this breed did originate from this area and was imported into the U.K. by the Romans. This also suggests that the breed is possibly one of the oldest in existence today. These were brought to their wonderful point of development by European and English breeders as long ago as the mid 1800's.

 

[Illia]

And here I thought Dorkings and Aseels were.

Polands like the many other crested breeds could be confused among each other, can't they? I saw a post on Brabanters and how old the breed is, and it was showing several old illustrations of birds who were either Owlbeards or some sort of poultry with butterfly/leaf type combs and yellow legs. I don't really study all the history of breeds and their claimed origins, I just figure, isn't Polish being ancient saying the same for most crested types, as after all the trait is easily seen unique yet there's many breeds that possess it?

 

[miohippus]

they had several farm animals in there petting zoo as well as the wild animals on the reserive.

 

[NoZolbitty]

is that an amber/yellow eye color I see on this bird? Interesting

 

[mycutekitties]

This is the year for Cuckoo's LOL! Last year I hatched out lots of blues. Here is some that hatched Feb (1 Frizzle and 3 smooth) Pair

 

[seminolewind]

Help! Out of 7, I can't find a male. There must be one here!!!




The two above are my "maybe" ones. The ones below are the 7 together as much as possible!

 

[mycutekitties]

They look like girls! How did u get to be so lucky? Lol
I have plenty of boys! Lol