Polish help :( Update

[M To The Maxx]

Definatly a Roo. Can't tell on the Silver Laced yet.

 

[Funky Feathers]

I think they are both roos. The SL one has a mohawk. Girls don't have those.

 

[horseyjess]

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It probably is.. that is my luck I am going to change my login name to RooLady LMAO. My darn siggy will say 12 chicks and 22 Roos LOL>>>>>>>> GO FIGURE AHHHHHHHHHH I might as well start Cock-a-Doodle-Dooing in my sleep cause I will get no sleep with all those Roos around here!!

 

[becky3086]

Well, I have had a couple of chicks with the mohawk shaped crests and they have turned out to be hens so don't lose hope yet.

 

[Bantimna]

It looks like a roo too me.

 

[horseyjess]

Well unfortunatly he had to be culled today

. He kept going down hill. He started not getting up not walking and his rump was so wet with poo. Tried it all but when he was taken out he would just fall over. So sad so He had to go to the coop in the sky.... Feel bad the kids really loved him. Now I am going to purposly look for a Buff Roo any suggestions on what to look for? Hopefully my inexperience eye will get my 11yr old a good one!!! I am such a sucker we get a stray I whine cause its a Roo and then cause Roo doesnt do good and gets Culled by Hubby. I tell my daughter I will Purposly get her one GO FIGURE put sucker on me lol!!

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

I'm glad you at least gave him some great warmth and love before he had to depart.

I'm sure you made a very happy rooster out of him while he was with you.

If you're looking for just a nice pet, it shouldn't be too hard to find one. Polish are always around. If you're looking for something with nice feathering, perhaps look at offspring from breeders and not hatcheries. If you're just looking for that nice friendly I-don't-care-what-you-look-like roo, hatcheries are fine. All birds will be clean if you keep them clean. It's just messed up lacing or other unfavorable features that are the downside to hatchery birds.

As for what to look for in a nice rooster, that gets tougher. Sometimes they can be friendly when you go to check 'em out, but the next day after you bring them home, they give you a run for your money. I've had less problems with roosters who have been picked on. Docile ones. That way, they don't get greedy-or are at least less likely to-when you take them out of their bullied situation. Greedy, as in, hen-stealing and dominating.

I've heard stories of Polish roos with a mean streak, though, so just look for the worst signs to rule out no-nos. Like super-aggressive pecking (the occasional peck isn't so horrible-it's just a measure of curiosity, not so much a challenge), raised hackles (that's always trouble), stink-eye (sometimes roosters will eye someone they don't trust), hen-protective (getting a hen-grubbing bird is just asking for trouble), anything else that looks fishy. But simply, go with your gut.