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

[southernhusky]

Pictures would be great. Congrats on the hatch! I'm not familiar enough with colors but I know you can breed Tolbunt together. Smooth or frizzle feathers? You shouldnt breed frizzle to frizzle.

 

[pipAchick]

Hi! I'm new to this thread & new to Polish, kind of. We had one hen when I was a little kid but that's it. I just got some Crele Polish & some Tolbunt Polish chicks from a friend of mine. 12 out of 12 eggs hatched!! I can't tell who is who rt now. They look like 3 different colors right now. Can I (or should i) breed these two colors together to get another color or should I keep them separate? I'm trying to learn as much as I can, so any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Congrats on the new polish chicks!
I been learning they take a good ten months to a year to begin laying. We chose silver laces but I imagine only 4of the seven we got will be breed because I don't think the lacing on most is as "eye catching" as it should be. There's a few more experienced folks on here who know a good bit about fizzled.buff.candy corn&can give you better advice then me about what's prettiest to mix&not mix. Good luck!

 

[pipAchick]

Pictures would be great. Congrats on the hatch! I'm not familiar enough with colors but I know you can breed Tolbunt together. Smooth or frizzle feathers? You shouldnt breed frizzle to frizzle.

Yes pictures would help,,,what they said.

 

[pipAchick]

What do you think? 5-6mths....wattles/crest are not even pink. Haven't heard crowing at all. Pointy feathers but its a frizzle. Crest looks round/neat.

Been 'told' a rounded crest is usually a hen and a messy ones a roo. I should know in another two weeks ha so I'll be waiting right with you!

 

[pipAchick]

Going to get a book of polish standards today but out of the 7new I just got I think this ones comming along the nicest so far ..far as lacing&patterns.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

Welcome

I have my first polish and hatched eggs from tolbunt and crele. They came from a breeder in Florida also. I originally thought she had them separate and I would have tolbunt AND crele chicks but it turned out she must have had them together because I didn't get any tolbunt and they look a bit mixed. Tolbunt X crele gives you the US version of "candy corn". A few posts back are pics of my chicks and how they are turning out as a mix. I have gold laced showing up, candy corn?, and, well, I don't really know yet. Still learning. All I really know is I didn't get the tolbunts, and that's what I really wanted. So I'm looking for more now, oh well at least these guys are really cute.

Thanks for the warm welcome.. These guys are really cute. I'm just not sure what to call them either. LOL Hopefully I'll get some good ones.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

Congrats on the new polish chicks!
I been learning they take a good ten months to a year to begin laying. We chose silver laces but I imagine only 4of the seven we got will be breed because I don't think the lacing on most is as "eye catching" as it should be. There's a few more experienced folks on here who know a good bit about fizzled.buff.candy corn&can give you better advice then me about what's prettiest to mix¬ mix. Good luck!

Thanks so much! I'm excited to learn about these guys.

 

[southernhusky]

Been 'told' a rounded crest is usually a hen and a messy ones a roo. I should know in another two weeks ha so I'll be waiting right with you!

Yep. Seems they take forever to figure out the sex compared to other breeds. Frizzles making it even harder but comparing to pictures of adult frizzle polish hens my frizzle has got to be a Roo going by the saddle feathers(hackles are also very obvious now that I've compared to other pictures) but at 6 mths he isn't even acting like one. Not a single even pitiful crow yet.

 

[pipAchick]

Yep. Seems they take forever to figure out the sex compared to other breeds. Frizzles making it even harder but comparing to pictures of adult frizzle polish hens my frizzle has got to be a Roo going by the saddle feathers(hackles are also very obvious now that I've compared to other pictures) but at 6 mths he isn't even acting like one. Not a single even pitiful crow yet.

Well if your hoping for a roo,that's good!
Had a little attempt at a crow the other day(not from one of the new polish) was a little cross I got from a friend. His attempt was priceless.

 

[redfox2415]

Finally got my silver polish chicks yesterday along with some more golds and buffs.