Polish hens?

[Artieeee]

So long story short, we had a rooster that showed up at our house at 1:00 a.m. one morning. He decided that he was going to adopt our family and never left our yard, so we caved in and bought him a coop and 4 female (hopefully!) friends. We were told they were hatched in July so they're roughly 3 months old.

I've read online different ways to tell if a Polish chicken is male or female but I'm kind of confused because different people say different things.

Would anyone be willing to make a guess as to what gender these lovely chickens are? It would be much appreciated!

Thank you!

Also, please don't mind Karen and her dirty/muddy crest. I don't know what she did but she's the only one that's gotten that bad after the rain we had. I'm planning to wash her crest this weekend, I promise!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

This one appears to be a cockerel! Can you get some more pictures of him to be sure?

 

[Silviaschicks]

This guy’s for sure a roo, but can you get crest and full body pictures for all of them?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

View attachment 2880854This guy’s for sure a roo, but can you get crest and full body pictures for all of them?

What makes you say that one is a cockerel? I see no signs. The other I circled has wing patches and what I believe to be pointed feathers

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Looks like you could have at least three boys!! Polish males *usually* have "slicked back" or flopped-over poofs, where the females usually have nicely rounded 'fros.

 

[Silviaschicks]

I see saddle feathers and maybe hackles- can't quite tell, and of course photos of the crest would help as well

What makes you say that one is a cockerel? I see no signs. The other I circled has wing patches and what I believe to be pointed feathers

 

[humblehillsfarm]

What makes you say that one is a cockerel? I see no signs. The other I circled has wing patches and what I believe to be pointed feathers

That one is the only one that looks to be already forming pointy saddle feathers. I'm no expert, honestly, it's just what it looks like to me. Plus he has a very untidy head feathers.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

With laced Polish varieties females very, very frequently have crazy crests. I would not use that for sexing. This can *sometimes* be used on the solid varieties *if* they're from decent lines. It worked on my White Crested Black but doesn't work on hatchery lines. I see only one possible cockerel

 

[humblehillsfarm]

With laced Polish varieties females very, very frequently have crazy crests. I would not use that for sexing. This can *sometimes* be used on the solid varieties *if* they're from decent lines. It worked on my White Crested Black but doesn't work on hatchery lines. I see only one possible cockerel

Definitely why I *attempted* to stress the *usually* lol. I'm no pro as I've only been around two Polish hens myself, although they have prim and tidy hairdos.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I see saddle feathers and maybe hackles- can't quite tell, and of course photos of the crest would help as well

For this variety sex feathers would be a brighter color. It has no pointed feathers yet! Note the huge color difference between sexes. This is evident in this bird but none of the others