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That makes sense too, because my 25wk old polish hen just started getting red wattles.Oh! Ok, gotcha! Great to know! thanks again!!
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That makes sense too, because my 25wk old polish hen just started getting red wattles.Oh! Ok, gotcha! Great to know! thanks again!!
Crest sexing is reliable, once your birds are fully feathered. But it can take a practiced eye to notice the differences in male and female crests, and sometimes hatchery sourced females may not have proper crests, making it a bit tricky. Sexing by comb development is difficult because crested birds have small combs, and it's harder to see them underneath all those feathers.
Unfortunately, in some case you just have to wait for male specific feathering to develop.
Forgot to add that. A little over 10wks!Age?
I didn’t even think about that with the polish! I knew my bearded silkies wouldn’t have early wattle development. I guess I just didn’t know he/she was considered muffed/bearded! Cool. I’ll definitely give him a few more weeks, just taking guesses and will update this when I find out thank you!Muffs/beard means that there will be no early wattle development to go off of. And 10 weeks is pretty young to have obvious male feathering. This one needs a few more weeks to be able to sex accurately.
I’ve seen people post their white crested polish on here with quite the bright red and large wattles at 10wks so I’m just confused lol.Muffs/beard means that there will be no early wattle development to go off of. And 10 weeks is pretty young to have obvious male feathering. This one needs a few more weeks to be able to sex accurately.
Because some polish have muffs/beards and some don't. Those that don't have muffs/beards can be sexed based off of wattle development by 10 weeks of age. Those with muffs/beards, like yours, will not develop wattles making sexing more difficult.