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

[tannysue88]

How neat! I have a poof head too this maybe an option!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Yeah it could be for you, the frizzles do benefit from it very much. I've got a couple of others that may need to be done but as of now they have not been too bad.
We have had some very wet weather here just lately and it only takes them to brush up against something a bit damp and they get wet. The hen in my above pic had to come in and be bathed, have a blow dry then trim. I think some of her flock mates had trampled her in the coop and she had got well caked up. She's at the bottom of the pecking order and not an assertive hen. She had a couple of days in the house with us and went back out fine. Polish are the most fab birds and I really enjoy keeping them but they have their downsides amd need a bit more attention than your average chicken.
These two are on my list for trimming if they start getting wet and dirty ~

 

[tannysue88]

So beautiful!! Thanks for the tips! This is new for me and I adopted some from a not great situation. The lady said she had lost 6 hens to rain!!! I was confused by that statement, I guess she didn't have a way to keep them dry? I don't mind a little extra work for such sweetie birds!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

That could be very true if she could not keep them dry and clean. That's so nice of you to take them in and give them a good home. Polish are great as long as you have the extra time to give them. I've seen your birds on another thread, they are very pretty

 

[JnK1]

One of our hens needed a trim as her 'hair' was flopping over onto one side more than the other. Her left eye was fine but the other was completely hidden, and she let out so many happy trills when we'd finished.
We've had pretty wet and miserable weather here as well @yorkshire coop, so we washed our flock and lined them all up on the edge of the bath prior to blow drying. They seemed perfectly content to preenn themselves indoors away from the driving rain, and welcomed the blasts of warm air.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I trim mine because they are in a mixed flock that free ranges and need to see, they also are the favorite of one rooster who will sneak up behind them to mate, I like to try to even up the odds.

 

[Sylvester017]

My silver laced polish "Einstein" finally laided her first egg! She is over 8 months old. Her egg is the small white one in the picture. The dark one is from my Cuckoo Maran named Pebbles. By the way, I do trim her feathers around her eyes. She just can't see if I do not and will walk right into things.

I had a Cuckoo Marans before and it amazed me how big the smaller-breed eggs are pictured next to supposedly large Marans eggs.

2.25 oz blue Ameraucana egg with two 2.0 oz tinted Buff Leghorn eggs



Our first Breda white egg next to one of our tinted Silkie eggs. Our Breda lays 1.75 oz eggs now and our Silkies can get to 1.5 oz eggs



Our Cuckoo Marans occasionally gave 2.25 oz eggs but usually they were 2.0 oz and she usually layed 2 per wk, sometimes 3/wk.
1st dark egg Cuckoo Marans, 2nd bright white egg White Leghorn, 3rd tinted egg Buff Leghorn, 4th thru 6th tinted eggs Silkie eggs. We were thrilled with the size of our bantam Silkie eggs compared to either Breda or Buff Leghorn eggs. Lighterweight breeds like Breda, Polish, or Silkies can really surprise you sometimes with how big their eggs are.

 

[chickensforkids]

I have a flock of 18 that include 3 silkies, a frizzle, a couple of easter eggers, a few different colored wynadottes, and other breeds similar in character.

I am only ordering a small order for the spring because I don't "need" anymore chickens. I would like to add a polish to my flock, the hatchery suggested that they might do better as a pair so that they have an ally. I would order two, but I don't need two, and they only have one color available. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary? Besides the birds listed and every bird in the flock are different. Even even those listed are different colors. (I like having them different so that I can tell everyone apart.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Polish become easy targets, if you are willing to risk it than get one, sometimes trimming the crest can help them avoid being pecked, I got five at one time and they were occasionally pecked, other chickens will mostly peck at the crests, so be prepared for some extra work and maintenance, as well as a bit squirrelly chicken, mine are very skiddish. I have a large shed and they can get away, if you have a smaller coop or just a run with no free ranging you might want to reconsider mixing one in your flock.

Edited to add I see you have silkies so it might work out.

 

[Momma2bellas]

? about the color of the Polish eggs. I have 3 Silkies that are laying right now and 2 Polish. The silkies are laying light tan to creamy white eggs. Are the Polish eggs a true white or are they more creamy? I haven't had an increase in eggs but the friend I received them from says her Polish have been laying for 2 weeks now and they are the same age.