Polish Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pipAchick]

They must not have been handeled before here much because they where pretty skittish this morning..much calmer now after me&kids have handeled some. Ones content to just snuggle in my son's lap.

 

[Sylvester017]

Thanks. We also have silkies, RR reds, some americana pullets, and a few bantam varieties. Almost all the chicks are tame and eating out of our hands.

I've had larger heritage like RIR, BR, Legs, Doms, Calif Grey, NHR, Marans, and they are great layers - I just passed them up since they are too big/heavy around our Silkies. I now have smaller LFs like Ameraucana and Breda that don't get over 5-lbs but are still gentle and decent layers. At the start I just wanted pets of either Silkies, Polish, Cochin, or some bantam breed. As luck had it an acquaintance hatched too many chicks and our first backyard chickens were 2 free Silkies. I later added some heritage LFs and they were great pets and good layers except that they bullied the little Silkies having the LF advantage so now I only keep 5-lb-&-under gentler breeds with the Silkies. I cycled through 13 chickens in 5 years to get down to our compatible gentle group of 4 hens - 2 Silkies, a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, and a Blue Breda. We're zoned for 5 hens but found an even number of 4 worked best in our small cottage yard. The flock is peaceful and less stressful for us now that we don't have to be concerned about the heavier dual purpose breeds taking advantage of our docile breeds.

 

[jessivogel]

Can someone tell me what the difference between Polish and Houdans is? I googled it but the link that everyone provided is no longer active. Thanks!

 

[HaileysHenHouse]

Can someone tell me what the difference between Polish and Houdans is? I googled it but the link that everyone provided is no longer active. Thanks!

Houdans lay about 150 eggs per year and they can also be used as meat birds when polish lay about 200 eggs a year and are show birds.

 

[pipAchick]

I think polish have 4toes and houdans have 5?

 

[pipAchick]

Can someone tell me what the difference between Polish and Houdans is? I googled it but the link that everyone provided is no longer active. Thanks!

If you go to Breeds over on left of screen and look each breed up it gives really good full descriptions.

 

[redfox2415]

If you go to Breeds over on left of screen and look each breed up it gives really good full descriptions.

How are those silvers doing pipA?

 

[pipAchick]

How are those silvers doing pipA?

My little one rocks them to sleep!

 

[redfox2415]

My little one rocks them to sleep!

Aww that's so cute. Yesterday when I was cleaning our brooder cages I turned my back for a minute and my daughter had gotten "Red" our Rohde Island Red rooster out of the brooder and put him in my muck boot.

 

[pipAchick]

Just cadled,, little early for day 3 but few I peeked at where hopeful.