Polish Chickens - Pullet/Cockeral

[AndiMarie]

Hello!

Wondering opinions on my polish chickens. Pretty positive the buff is a rooster but not positive on the white crested. Thanks!!

Pictures are from around 1-2 weeks old and 6ish weeks currently.

 

[fluffycrow]

@BastyPutt is the Polish expert on here

 

[Party_Chicken]

I’m going to say buff roo and white creasted pullet

 

[BastyPutt]

Ohhhh, a challenging pair. This is good.

At the moment, I am going to say both cockerels.

If you can get a close up picture of the white crested, that will help a bit. White crested black is the most challenging variety in most cases. They tend to fill out their crest faster, which can be deceiving.

 

[AndiMarie]

Ohhhh, a challenging pair. This is good.

At the moment, I am going to say both cockerels.

If you can get a close up picture of the white crested, that will help a bit. White crested black is the most challenging variety in most cases. They tend to fill out their crest faster, which can be deceiving.

Thanks for chiming in!! This is about as close as I can get. It’s a screenshot from a video.

The buff is all rooster attitude running around with its tail up. The white crested is more timid and keeps its tail down and hasn’t been chest bumping and trying to control the others like the buff but not sure that means much at this age.

 

[Party_Chicken]

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Thanks for chiming in!! This is about as close as I can get. It’s a screenshot from a video.

The buff is all rooster attitude running around with its tail up. The white crested is more timid and keeps its tail down and hasn’t been chest bumping and trying to control the others like the buff but not sure that means much at this age.

I’m changing my guess to cockerel the ear patch is the same color/shade as my 9 week cockerel

 

[BastyPutt]

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Thanks for chiming in!! This is about as close as I can get. It’s a screenshot from a video.

The buff is all rooster attitude running around with its tail up. The white crested is more timid and keeps its tail down and hasn’t been chest bumping and trying to control the others like the buff but not sure that means much at this age.

Wow - a beautiful bird with a very nice crest. I would be beyond jacked if this was my bird and it was a cockerel. The crest is going to be gorgeous.

Ok - as for the guess on gender - a really tough call. At the moment, I am going to stick with cockerel. If you are able to get me a close up shot of the crest feathers, where I could see them individually- I'd probably be able to change by guess from 60% certainly to 75

But seriously. An incredible shaped crest here on the black, white crested. A real gem.

 

[Party_Chicken]

View attachment 3535329

Thanks for chiming in!! This is about as close as I can get. It’s a screenshot from a video.

The buff is all rooster attitude running around with its tail up. The white crested is more timid and keeps its tail down and hasn’t been chest bumping and trying to control the others like the buff but not sure that means much at this age.

I’m changing my guess to cockerel the ear patch is the same color/shade as my 9 week cockerel

 

[Dharmachick]

I'm voting both pullets. The white is, and the other's crest is too poofy for a boy.

 

[AndiMarie]

Thanks everyone! We should be able to keep both regardless as long as they get along. I’ve always thought from the beginning the white crested was a male and named it Stuart but it has changed the last few weeks watching mannerisms compared to the buff one (Tweety), so it’s temporary name is Martha Stuart.