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[welasharon]

You really can't kill them all. Either more will move in or some other animal will take the place. Either well constructed pens with hardware cloth and/or dogs to help keep them moving on past your place. I can't afford to replace my polish. I would never get lucky enough to find someone else willing to part with tolbunts.

 

[becky3086]

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I'm backed by wooded conservation land, so there is quite an area for them to be. Have shot four in the last month, and it was quiet for a couple of weeks, but they seem to be back. I'll have to move the trap tonight to see if I can trick one into it.

Yup, we sit right here by the WMA property by the lake. We lived here several years and never had a problem until last year. We stopped up the dens we found with rocks and killed the one raccoon and no problems since. Actually though, the raccoon never could catch any of the free ranging chickens, it only got the ones in the pens.

 

[Fussy8]

our roo on the right and our hen on the left!!

just wanted to share with everyone!!

 

[ultra1classic]

Anyone interested in a trio of gold laced bantams? (2 hens 1 roo)
I just have to many birds to winter over and to many projects....want to stay right around a hundred for the winter months..not counting babies if course. ..

..my paint silkies taking up extra pens..

 

[stcroixusvi]

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I can hear them

Quite a duet!

 

[stcroixusvi]

I have posted before but continue to be at a loss as to caring for our Polish boys. Two of them now have missing head feathers. I do not see it happen, but am guessing the hens pluck them. It is so distressing to me - they apparently don't seem worse for wear. I have blukote on one of the boys because his head did look a little bloody - maybe more flesh colored than blood, but seemed to attract more pecking.

Very rarely will I see them pecked, and it's usually when they are eating treats and one of the boys gets in the girls' way. It looks as though the feathers are plucked out from the root.

Does anyone else have this problem mixing Polish with the general population? The Polish girls have no problems at all, and the main rooster is a Polish. Please help with suggestion?

 

[chickendales]

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i had rooster last year i bought with head crest peaked off i put him in with my hens that arent know peck crests and i knoticed he wasnt getting better what was happening as feather grew back they peck the pin feather full blood out i put him by self and let him grow his crest back and put him back with the girls and have had no problems

 

[stcroixusvi]

How long did it take for the feathers to grow back? I will have to build something for them if I isolate them.

 

[chickendales]

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couple months i put him on something with high protein i feed grower feed then add oster shell to the feed because my birds are show birds and i want them pretty even when breeding

 

[milliefleur]

my polish crosses don't compare to some of the polish i seen on here. all of them are beautiful. my polish are still young but they are neat looking i think. i just like to know how some of them see. some of the crest are really cool and neat. you all have beautiful polish.