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

[mbrown413]

Can someone help? This morning these 2 were trying to crow. I think so anyway. I'm a newbie to chickens. Can someone tell by the pics if they are roosters. The grey one has wattles.

 

[Chicken5555]

@mbrown413 - wish I could help. Sorry. Someone on the forum should be able to soon though.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

question - When my EE/OE's were two weeks old, the boys had much smaller tails than the girls. I could tell which would be boys or girls by their tail for all except one. Can you guess the gender of a polish that way? One of my nearly 2 week old buff polish has a crest poof that is bigger than the other two, but it's tail is the same as the ones with a smaller poof. Any thoughts or suggestions on this? or will it be one big guessing game until their crest feathers grow in. LOL

All of your polish crested birds are SO CUTE. I can't wait until mine get their feathers!

I know what you mean. Our wyandottes were like that with the slow feathering tails. Unfortunately the polish don't seem to have that. Not that I've noticed anyways lol.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

How old are they?

 

[mbrown413]

How old are they?

I think 7 weeks. Some let us pick out 3 when they were hatched. I had idea how to tell the gender.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I think 7 weeks. Some let us pick out 3 when they were hatched. I had idea how to tell the gender.

The gray one looks like a boy to me. The others are probably pullets. Polish can be very difficult to sex and only really experienced breeders can tell my the crest. with wattles that size at 6 weeks I'm pretty sure you have a rooster..

 

[mbrown413]

The gray one looks like a boy to me. The others are probably pullets. Polish can be very difficult to sex and only really experienced breeders can tell my the crest. with wattles that size at 6 weeks I'm pretty sure you have a rooster..

I was hoping for all pullets. The solid black on is the most agressive one out of the two. Not sure what you call it but those 2 almost look like they are fighting. It was funny this morning those two trying to crow.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I was hoping for all pullets. The solid black on is the most agressive one out of the two. Not sure what you call it but those 2 almost look like they are fighting. It was funny this morning those two trying to crow.

Hens can also crow. Alot of the time hens will chest bump a bit when developing the pecking order. Mine still do lol. You could have 2 boys but I'm thinking still that the gray is the boy and the other 2 are pullets.

 

[mbrown413]

Hens can also crow. Alot of the time hens will chest bump a bit when developing the pecking order. Mine still do lol. You could have 2 boys but I'm thinking still that the gray is the boy and the other 2 are pullets.

That will work for me. If I have 2 roosters i dont know what to do. 1 more question I have 3 babys i got and trying to add to the flock but my easter egger pullet is pecking at the pretty hard. The babies are about 3 weeks. Should i wait until they about 7 or 8 weeks. The babies are 2 silver lace Wyandotte and 1 easter egger. My flick outside is 3 polish, easter egger, buff orpington, rhode island red

 

[jenniferlamar70]

That will work for me. If I have 2 roosters i dont know what to do. 1 more question I have 3 babys i got and trying to add to the flock but my easter egger pullet is pecking at the pretty hard. The babies are about 3 weeks. Should i wait until they about 7 or 8 weeks. The babies are 2 silver lace Wyandotte and 1 easter egger. My flick outside is 3 polish, easter egger, buff orpington, rhode island red

Yes if you should wait until Adleast 8 weeks or until they are close in size. I had a heck of a time introducing my new ones. Try making a pen in the coop that's is weather protected but visible to all your flock. You can start putting your 3 weekers in there now during the day and bring them in at night. This way they can all see each other before being in the same pen. Once they are closer to 8 weeks you can release them into the coop supervised. Make sure no hens are being really aggressive. If one hen seems to be a bully more then the others take that one out and separate it for 2 days then return it to the coop again. If they don't seem to be getting along well by night don't put them in the hen house together or if you do be prepared to wake up before dawn to let them out. Hope this helps.