Sexing Polish Chick

[StardustChicken]

Lil' lady Corn just turned 3 months on the 27th! At this point I'm just posting to show her general growth haha. She recently had a respiratory infection but with some medicine and a little extra love she's recovered nicely!

 

[StardustChicken]

Happy to say that Corn laid her first egg on Christmas Eve!

Perhaps one day I'll return to this post with pictures of her children! It will definitely be interesting to see what a Polish/Silkie will make.

She's become quite the character! A bona fide cat chaser

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Congratulations! Are you sure this is her egg? Polish lay white eggs maybe a light cream color. Also don’t usually start laying until five months.
One of my little Polish just started laying as well, very very tiny white egg I call it a starter egg and hopefully will get bigger in time!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Love the video of her chasing the cat! My chickens are all terrified of cats!

 

[StardustChicken]

Congratulations! Are you sure this is her egg? Polish lay white eggs maybe a light cream color. Also don’t usually start laying until five months.
One of my little Polish just started laying as well, very very tiny white egg I call it a starter egg and hopefully will get bigger in time!

Yes, she is five months. The discoloration might be because she's hatchery stock? I've gotten 3 consistent little pale eggs; my other chickens lay considerably bigger and darker eggs, even their "small" eggs are bigger than these haha

 

[Allthefloofs]

I came here to comment on the egg color too, ours lay very white eggs! She is adorable, do you trim her crest or does it just lay that way? My poor gal can’t see a thing unless I trim her up!

 

[StardustChicken]

I came here to comment on the egg color too, ours lay very white eggs! She is adorable, do you trim her crest or does it just lay that way? My poor gal can’t see a thing unless I trim her up!

That's how it naturally is. When they free range I'll put it up in a lil' pony tail so she can see better haha

 

[Nigel27]

Her pattern looks like corn!

 

[StardustChicken]

Ah, how embarrassing, I've been proven a fool today haha. Turns out the egg actually belongs to one of my Buff Orpingtons, Fettuccine. Just watched her lay the egg, a month before I excepted her to start!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Ah, how embarrassing, I've been proven a fool today haha. Turns out the egg actually belongs to one of my Buff Orpingtons, Fettuccine. Just watched her lay the egg, a month before I excepted her to start!

Happens to all of us! When my leghorn cross laid her first egg, I was CONVINCED it was from one of my silkies, it was so small but color was right.
Congrats on Fettuccine's first egg!