Oh oops!! This site is tricky to navigate for me sometimes, I do more reading everything than posting thingsAww! She looks so proud of herself!@Yorkshire Coop
As much as I would like to take the credit for Fluffy, she belongs to @chickydo
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So I need some looking eyes Polish chicken folks, the two pics I have posted are of my twin roosters Ernie and Burt, see the obvious large wattles and v combs? Now the one of the lone chicken is another possible rooster but has no wattles or noticeable comb- never crows and acts like a hen- but has hackles saddle feathers and a typical rooster tail his/her name is Dandelion. I've begun thinking of Dandi as a he/she because I just cannot figure out if I have a hen or too! I'm not new to chickens and with all my others it's very apparent at some point but this little cutie has me stumped. Any opinions? I cannot tell if Dandi has laid an egg because I have a yard of 20 some chickens and 5 peafowl that all love together so whose eggs are whose is not something that I can tell (sopuzzled!)
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So I need some looking eyes Polish chicken folks, the two pics I have posted are of my twin roosters Ernie and Burt, see the obvious large wattles and v combs? Now the one of the lone chicken is another possible rooster but has no wattles or noticeable comb- never crows and acts like a hen- but has hackles saddle feathers and a typical rooster tail his/her name is Dandelion. I've begun thinking of Dandi as a he/she because I just cannot figure out if I have a hen or too! I'm not new to chickens and with all my others it's very apparent at some point but this little cutie has me stumped. Any opinions? I cannot tell if Dandi has laid an egg because I have a yard of 20 some chickens and 5 peafowl that all love together so whose eggs are whose is not something that I can tell (sopuzzled!)
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So I need some looking eyes Polish chicken folks, the two pics I have posted are of my twin roosters Ernie and Burt, see the obvious large wattles and v combs? Now the one of the lone chicken is another possible rooster but has no wattles or noticeable comb- never crows and acts like a hen- but has hackles saddle feathers and a typical rooster tail his/her name is Dandelion. I've begun thinking of Dandi as a he/she because I just cannot figure out if I have a hen or too! I'm not new to chickens and with all my others it's very apparent at some point but this little cutie has me stumped. Any opinions? I cannot tell if Dandi has laid an egg because I have a yard of 20 some chickens and 5 peafowl that all love together so whose eggs are whose is not something that I can tell (sopuzzled!)
Right now I would say dandelion is a cockerel. How old is dandelion?
No probs, it's probably because I quoted the pic of Fluffy
I'm not sure how old Dandelion is, I have probably had him for about 5 months or so and got him pretty young because I would say he's filled out since then. I do notice he is bearded- Ernie and Burt are not... maybe that's what makes the difference in appearance too. I have some bearded polish hens and a couple who are not...here's a little bearded hen
And here's a girl who is not bearded, she has wattles instead-hmmm
for Fluffy!
It is a good sized egg she has laid there. Is she a bantam or standard size? I've found my standard size WCB hens lay much bigger eggs than my bantam size.
I totally agree on the they will lay when they are good and ready and not a moment before. Some polish are just not good layers and never will be, it all depends on the individual lady. I have a frizzle hen who has laid only 5 eggs since the summer of 2015. She was quite a sporadic layer to start with but after she went broody (june/July 2015) and hatched her chicks the eggs have pretty much dried up.
