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Here is a pic of Zanzibar to prove he exists! :P Pardon his chopped legs/vulture hocks!

Hello fellow Sultan owners! How is everyone today?! Zanzibar is convinced he is the hottest thing in the yard lately. I don't think he has figured out quite how to breed the ladies, though. He just likes to chase them incessantly until I am ready to kick him over the fence. Haha. :) Raja seems...

They have to be resistant. :( At first it was just a few and only noticed a few "moth holes" on one of my girls. I checked her and didn't see anything so used a preventative dusting. Didn't give much thought to it until one day I was gentling my main rooster. He is a bit flighty and silly, not...

Hi guys! Back again! Still unsure who is laying, but I know for sure I have one silkie hen and one red polish popping them out. :) I am getting three different colored eggs, however. A Cream, a white, and a tan so I know there has to be somebody else, but whoooo? Whoever it is keeps laying it...

They are good, Still on non-medicated feed and still a bit thin. I am beginning to think it may just be the silkies. I have since raised another batch of bantam and LF sized Polish who all have good body weight, even while going through a molt right not as they transition from teenagers. Some of...

Hi guys! Long time no talk! My laptop has been on the fritz so I haven't been online as much. :) Just wanted to update you on my kids! I for sure have a roo and two pullets now! Zanzibar has been trying to crow for a few weeks now which is pretty hilarious. :) Bali and Morocco are just as...

Thus far, I have had REALLY good success by looking at early pink pigment just behind the beak. My roosters got early pink/red and only one of those pinker chicks is giving me a hard time as far as sex goes. I was convinced it was a him, and now I am thinking it is a her. We'll see! I did the...

We were having fabulous weather for a while there! :) The chickens loved it! It was warm with a delicious breeze and chilly at night. Perfect in all ways and then we got this wacky storm that kind of kicked everything into a tailspin. This morning I woke up early to kick the girls out of the...

Haven't had much to report lately. :) Zanzibar is a little explorer. He is adventurous and inquisitive and so unlike the two girls. I often find him off on his own with the big chickens, pecking away and getting into things. Raja is doing great! I am thinking of clipping back her leg feathers...

I don't think it's reliable even with hatchery stock. When I picked up my lot from the feed store I took the only 7 they had. Only one had a large, rounded skull and everyone else had either nothing at all or a tiny one. Three or so of the no-bumps turned into pullets and my rounded bumped...

Okay, so I forget if the discussion of Polish chickens being a fragile breed was spoken about in this thread, or the other Polish thread, so I am going to report here. I randomly picked up another batch of Polish chicks (8) that are now about 3 weeks or so old. No losses. I was supposed to...

I would give them time. :) My mot skittish in the brooder of my first batch has actually turned into my friendliest chicken I have. She climbs up me like a monkey every time I am out there with them, either into my arms to be "caught" or onto my shoulders and head. She is a goofball, but as a...

Whew! So glad I don't have any broodies, yet! Lol! With the amount of silkies I have, it's bound to happen eventually, but nobody is laying yet so I am enjoying it while I can. ;) Good news, guys! The three baby sultans have finally fully integrated in with the "big kids"! Last night I found...

Oh, I know it had a beard. I was just trying to throw in some perspective on them being Polish, perhaps. :) They could just be poor stock, maybe, in regards to the crest size. I have done some nonchalant reading on genetics (researching blues & khakis) and think I came across someone asking a...

I thought I read somewhere that crossing a laced bird to a solid would produce all black chicks? Is this correct? Maybe it is a Polish but just an "oops" from a solid and a laced mixing? Aren't creveceour's typically bearded? Not that familiar on that particular tophat variety. :)

Aww, sorry Jharper. That really sucks! :( I remember when one of my buff silkies went missing and I was in the dark with a headlight strapped to my head, crying in circles trying to find her, lol. I can laugh about it now but at the time I was devastated that one of my babies just up and...

Guys, I am so nervous! For the past week or so the baby sultans have been out with the big kids and doing pretty good. First few days were rough but they are doing pretty well now. I JUST moved my last (and final, lol) batch of polish out to the coop and I am freaking out. I hope they will be...

Oh no, that is terrible. :( I am so sorry. I hope if he got chicken-napped it was quick and painless! <3!

I can get one! :) It seems to be. No bowing or sagging, and even with a couple on there it's not budging. I will throw some different seed out tomorrow and see if I can get a shot with as many piled on as I can, lol!

Sultans are hard to resist! :) I have good news! I am almost certain, now, that I have 2 females and 1 male out of my 3 new babies! They are just getting to the point where the pink skin is beginning to show some color. Raja spends a lot of time with them, too. It's very cute, I think she...