Polish chicks

[ozzie]

I hatched 2 of them. They are 8 weeks old. Their feathers look different? One of them has these weird looking pin like feathers on its tail. Is it a boy?

It’s the chick on the right - like it just has the quill but lost some of the barbs/vane bits? Is it just a genetic thing? The chick on the left is it’s sibling.

I don’t see any waddles or comb reddening happening on either of them. So it’s hard to tell the gender.

 

[cavemanrich]

Both look like hens to me. I had Polish, but no longer. The cockerels tend to have more stringy hairdoos, not puffy ones.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Quaicken108]

I‘d say a front and side view would be very helpful. If they don’t have any wattles at eight weeks then I’d think that they’re both girls but extra photos would help.

 

[sourland]

Not certain what's going on with that tail, but right now both appear to be pullets.

 

[Painted Calls]

2 likely pullets.

 

[Allthefloofs]

I hatched three polish chicks that are 9 weeks old, and one has feathered out very differently in the tail and crest too. Interestingly, I had ours DNA sexed because I didn't want the kids to get too attached to any boys, and they all came back as girls (luckiest hatch ever!) but that one weird feathered bird always has me wondering if they messed up the samples somehow! . I am going by who is growing wattles right now, and at 9 weeks no one has any. I have my fingers crossed for you!

 

[featherhead007]

You have my roo BLU's attention!

 

[peeper89]

they funny looking can't see there face what are these?

 

[peeper89]

You have my roo BLU's attention!
View attachment 2471157

whats that kind of chicken it looks crazy wild? where you get a chicken like that?

 

[featherhead007]

whats that kind of chicken it looks crazy wild? where you get a chicken like that?

He's a White Crested Black Polish.
(He came from outer space, and landed in my coop. )