Polish Bantam gender?

[Tiegrsi]

Polish bantam baby I bought yesterday. PLEASE be a girl. I have a feeling I got taken. :/

I don't know how old it is, either. I'm guessing around 6 weeks?

 

[chuckachucka]

It''s a bit young because Polish can be sneaky, but for now it is not showing any male signs (wattles growing and spiky crest). That crest is still growing but looks like it will be full and roundish to me so most likely a pullet.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I agree, a bit too young yet but nothing screams Male at me.

Do you have just this one polish?

 

[Tiegrsi]

Just this one, and its not a breed I'm familiar with. I've got it quarantined right now with one of my BCM cockerel culls that's just a bit smaller so she/he's not lonely.

 

[chuckachucka]

She (or he) is an absolute cutie. Single polish chickens tend to get bullied by larger chickens tho unfortunately, so I hope she''s not too timid.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Here are a couple of links @Tiegrsi on polish ~

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/keeping-polish-chickens.72138/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-polish.1098899/

Good luck with your little polish.

 

[2 many chickens]

Looks to be a pullet so far. Stinkin' cute.

 

[Tiegrsi]

Thanks, everyone. Yorkshire, I will definitely check out all those links! My plan was to keep her with my Cemani since they are smaller than my meat birds and will be kept seperate. I have a fairly small flock, though, and my meat birds have had youngsters and much smaller hens in with them previously (and currently) with 0 problems.

I bought "her" from a friend, so I am considering going over to her house and pick out one more from the same group she was in...one that looks different, so that I hopefully at least get one hen.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I'm looking at those wattles coming in....post back in a few weeks, please.

 

[drumstick diva]

too early