PLEASE tell me some bad things about Polish!

[lockedhearts]

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I just got 2 pair of Buff Laced Polish, Yep, I can send you eggs in the Spring.

Oh that wasn't bad stuff about them at all was it

 

[Kev]

I was waiting to see if someone would mention the crowing!

The ones I had were very noisy- the most crowingest roosters ever. But one Silver Laced really won the award- he never let 2 minutes pass without crowing at least once..!

Found it interesting so many reported them as poor layers, the ones I had were "fair-good" layers. Perhaps today's stock is a little different, I had mine oh maybe 10 years ago. Surprised at the heat problem also- summers always are 110-120F and don't recall any of them having problems with the heat, figured it was because they were skinny..

None of the roosters I had attacked people but have heard of a few nasty roosters though.

Other bad things- they spook too easy, at first it was cute but after the 123,234,543th time of a Polish flying up and scratching up my legs cuz he got "surprised"(despite running to me!) that I was "suddenly there", it became a not-funny-at-all annoyance. I had a very sweet and unusually calm frizzled hen.. loved her because she was well, a calm Polish! However one time as I was walking into the pen carrying a bucket of water...... she suddenly freaked for the first time ever and she leapt straight up into bottom of the bucket and died immediately. That was kind of the last straw(was severely bummed out by that) plus the incessant crowing of the roosters so there are no longer any Polish here.

The plus side, they WERE fun most of the time- mine were free range and they did surprisingly well. The only ones that had serious trouble were the ones that had large and rounded crests with thick beards that met the crest, effectively blinding them. What worked was simply trimming off the "muffs" part and they would be fine after that.

 

[lockedhearts]

I have not heard these boys crow yet, but I already have 2 Houdan Roosters and their crows are like fingernails on a chalkboard so it can' be worse than that.

 

[chickenzoo]

I think my little seramas crow more than my polish roo's. They only really crow when they see me coming to feed them and they get stirred up.

My Sultans are good natured too, hens are pretty good layers also.

 

[chickygirl2]

They are soooooooo ugly....... heeeeee heeeeee

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Gee thanks, chickygirl2...that pic certainly deters me!

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Mine doesn't crow any more than the other roosters. He's got a pretty nice sounding voice too.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Here is pic of my laced golden roo.

He is a pretty boy.

Polish roos can be a bit aggressive when they try for the pecking order. They are big talkers (they crow alot) and if one becomes injured, the top notch is a big thing to get pecked on.

You need good hens and no more than two roos. (I have three, but one stays in the barn.)

 

[HorseFeathers]

I know. I'm hooked too.

shelly, BTW that avatar really scares me

 

[chickygirl2]

Birch Run, Whatever is that scary lookin bird you have as an avatar? He has teeth!!!!!