Your experience raising polish?

[Hannahnic14]

I'm ordering some polish chicks to replace some other chicks that a dog attack took from me and I'm reading mixed reviews. Some people love them, some people say they just die at the drop of a hat.....I have silkies and crevecoeurs so I'm familiar with crested birds I just need to know if I should change what breed I'm ordering. I really want some more crested birds for my egg laying flock.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I have 1 polish with my 3 silkies...
He was amazing from day 1! He would follow me around from the backyard to the garage when they were still in brooder. He would also eat out of my hand and let me pick him up at night n talk to him without squirming. ..til he hit puberty!!! Now he's like any other hormonal lil turd . I'm praying he will adjust and enter a new "amazing" phase soon...especially since my black silkie is probably a lil cockrel as well!

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I ordered these to ladies as pullets, they are a bit more expensive, but definitely worth it if you don’t want 15 roosters.

(The first picture was the other day and the second one was a few weeks ago)

 

[Chicalina]

Polish all the way!!!!!

I've kept them for years. Never had any drop dead. They are hardy, cope with cold and heat, quirky characters, friendly, excellent layers.

My current lot, how can you not love them!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

He's gorgeous!

Thank u...I just spent the last hour with the turd - if we could just make it through puberty!!!

 

[am7039]

I'm ordering some polish chicks to replace some other chicks that a dog attack took from me and I'm reading mixed reviews. Some people love them, some people say they just die at the drop of a hat.....I have silkies and crevecoeurs so I'm familiar with crested birds I just need to know if I should change what breed I'm ordering. I really want some more crested birds for my egg laying flock.

Polish will definitely keep your flock interesting. Of course every chick is different with their own personalities so it's hard to gaurentee they will all be sweet. I have 2 crevecoeurs and one polish. My crevecoeurs turned out to be the sweetest out of my group of 21. My polish...well the picture says it all. Shes acts like a grumpy old lady I went in thinking she would be low in the pecking order and it is the exact opposite! She is top hen for sure. She is very skittish. I recently trimmed her crest in hopes that would help.

 

[am7039]

That picture has the most personality I've ever seen in my life! Lol

She is a tough cookie!

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I'm ordering some polish chicks to replace some other chicks that a dog attack took from me and I'm reading mixed reviews. Some people love them, some people say they just die at the drop of a hat.....I have silkies and crevecoeurs so I'm familiar with crested birds I just need to know if I should change what breed I'm ordering. I really want some more crested birds for my egg laying flock.

I have 2, 7 week old polish chicks that have been doing great. These are my first ones, so I’m not super experienced with them, but so far they seem great. They are from McMurray Hatchery if that means anything.

 

[Hannahnic14]

I have 2, 7 week old polish chicks that have been doing great. These are my first ones, so I’m not super experienced with them, but so far they seem great. They are from McMurray Hatchery if that means anything.

As far as integrating goes, I already have crevecoeurs in my main flock so the others are used to seeing crested birds so I'm thinking the polish won't get picked on because of their crests.

 

[Hannahnic14]

If I may ask, where are you ordering from and what colors are you thinking? Just wondering

I'm going to order from McMurray but all they have available at the moment for my ship date is white crested black. I'll probably get some sultans as well.