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

[Chicken5555]

@jenniferlamar70 I am so sorry the chick didn't make it. Don't let it discourage you though. Not sure if you're interested in full size chickens, but Cackle has golden laced crested chickens. You will get more chances.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

@jenniferlamar70
 I am so sorry the chick didn't make it. Don't let it discourage you though. Not sure if you're interested in full size chickens, but Cackle has golden laced crested chickens. You will get more chances.

Aww thanks. No I'm not doing standard size. Those are so much easier to find though. This was for my bantam flock. Someday...

 

[Chickensfan]

my polish roo "Hats"

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Hey guys. My grandmother is taking one of my polish bantam roosters. She plans on keeping him penned but it's quite a small area. I thought it would be sage to let him roam her yard but she is worried about her cats. Do you think a cat would bother him while being fully grown? He will be the only bantam in the standard size flock.

 

[Sylvester017]

my polish roo "Hats"

LUV the "Hats" name for him! And your Partridge Silkie reminds me of ours!

 

[Sylvester017]

Hey guys. My grandmother is taking one of my polish bantam roosters. She plans on keeping him penned but it's quite a small area. I thought it would be sage to let him roam her yard but she is worried about her cats. Do you think a cat would bother him while being fully grown? He will be the only bantam in the standard size flock.

I never keep only one bantam in a large fowl group. Best if he had another bantam or two bantam hens to "hang out" with? But that's just me after a few bad experiences with heavier or dual purpose hens around my 2 Silkie hens. I worry about injuries to crested heads from larger fowl since the crested skulls are sometimes more vulnerable depending on the vaulting. BTW I can't speak about pet cats but my hens chase off feral cats out of the yard and they never come back! Yay!!!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hey guys. My grandmother is taking one of my polish bantam roosters. She plans on keeping him penned but it's quite a small area. I thought it would be sage to let him roam her yard but she is worried about her cats. Do you think a cat would bother him while being fully grown? He will be the only bantam in the standard size flock.

Depends on the cat, has the cat shown interest in the other chickens before?
Me personally I've never had trouble with the cat bothering the chickens, in fact they chase the cat off!

 

[SunflowerTheBun]

my polish roo "Hats"

The brown one in the first picture has almost exactly the same colouring as my Silkie hen Mr. Feathers!

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I never keep only one bantam in a large fowl group.  Best if he had another bantam or two bantam hens to "hang out" with?   But that's just me after a few bad experiences with heavier or dual purpose hens around my 2 Silkie hens.  I worry about injuries to crested heads from larger fowl since the crested skulls are sometimes more vulnerable depending on the vaulting.  BTW I can't speak about pet cats but my hens chase off feral cats out of the yard and they never come back!  Yay!!!

Yeah my bantams are seperate as well but I had to put this guy in with my standard hens when him and his brother started fighting. I was worried at first and supervised but he took to the big girls right away lmao. The standard size hens are coming from my coup with the rooster. That's why I'm not worried about them getting along. They already do.

Depends on the cat, has the cat shown interest in the other chickens before?
Me personally I've never had trouble with the cat bothering the chickens, in fact they chase the cat off!

They haven't been around chickens before. I'm giving my grandmother some chickens to start her first flock. I had a bad experience with the cats but it was with some chicks. I don't have any cats anymore but my grandmother has 3 outdoor cats. I'm not super worried about the full size chickens. They are the same size as my grandmothers dogs hahaha. The rooster is the only one I worried about. But even he is getting a bit bigger.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yeah my bantams are seperate as well but I had to put this guy in with my standard hens when him and his brother started fighting. I was worried at first and supervised but he took to the big girls right away lmao. The standard size hens are coming from my coup with the rooster. That's why I'm not worried about them getting along. They already do.

They haven't been around chickens before. I'm giving my grandmother some chickens to start her first flock. I had a bad experience with the cats but it was with some chicks. I don't have any cats anymore but my grandmother has 3 outdoor cats. I'm not super worried about the full size chickens. They are the same size as my grandmothers dogs hahaha. The rooster is the only one I worried about. But even he is getting a bit bigger.

Besides the bantam roo how many other chickens are going to your grandmother's? If she's elderly you may not want to give her more than 4 or 5 chickens to handle at first. I'm elderly and 4 hens is as much as I can handle with feedling, watering, health maintenance preventative checks and treatments, coop cleaning, vet visits, etc. Plus, with a roo, one of the hens might raise chicks and she'll have a yard full of chickens to manage - unless she is already experienced in chicken keeping?