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  1. G

    Unidentified Mohawk Chick

    So I've just joined, partially to ask this question. We have 1 chick that as its getting bigger is growing a bit of a mohawk. We know the breeds of all of our chickens except for this one. It started as just 1 feather sticking up about 2 weeks ago. Any ideas? My wife thinks Polish but I have to...
  2. alecia555

    polish cannot see due to big crest

    hi again amazing people! i’m after peoples suggestions on how to help my gorgeous polish girl!! she has a very very big and wide crest and is finding it very hard to see and make her way around because of it. this is resulting in her not eating or drinking until i take her to it and also...
  3. alecia555

    Polish chickens gender??

    hey all!! i am very new to the whole polish breed and these are my first two. they are about 7 weeks and i know usually that’s quite early to tell the gender how ever my two have extremely different crests to each other so i thought this may be a way of sexing them?? any help would be great :))
  4. Whatthecluck2

    Gold Brabanter Pullet - lovely Crest

    Hi I have a beautiful unique pullet/hen with a lovely crest. she is a Gold Brabanter from Ideal She hatched 6/23. I purchased 5 specialty chicks to meet my quota of 15 when I placed my order and she was one of them. I am now down sizing. We are located near the 60 freeway and Mountain exit in...
  5. R

    Hen or Roo? Help, can someone identify my silkie?

    I am hoping some of you may be able to help me with a Silkie question. Basically I started with 3 silkies and a pilkie, 13 weeks old and in the knowledge that 1 was looking like a possible roo. They settled in well, the suspected roo started crowing and everything was fine. (No eggs yet). Then...
  6. Winter Creek Coop

    Polish mixed hatch question?

    We have did a incubator full barnyard mix chicks. We know we had several polish eggs in there. For you polish hatchers, about how long until you can see the crest feathers? We did the hatch because our favorite polish died unexpectedly so we grabbed a few of her recent eggs and some others and...
  7. kpramsey

    Ayam Cemani??

    Got 2 mystery eggs in a batch of Cochin eggs. They are all black like Cemanis and clearly have at least one fibromelanistic gene (one has a tiny bit of red around her neck), but they both have impressive crests! No substantial comb under all that poof, at least that I can feel. Their size and...
  8. WindyLookout

    Crest genetics

    Anyone have a good understanding of crest genetics. Is the gene sex linked. I have a roo with a flat smooth crest. It's part ameraucana but I don't know the other half. I'm hoping this knowledge can help me figure out the breed so I can reproduce the effect.
  9. WallyBirdie

    Flash of Red

    Today I went out for a routine check-up on the birds, and I brought some nice treats along with me. As the chickens flocked over, I got a surprise in the form of a flash of red under my Polish boy's crest! I fed them all, then picked my boy up for a closer inspection, AND BY GOLLY, HE'S GROWING...
  10. TheChiggens

    Crested Chickens Inst it cruel?

    Hi guys :D So I've have had a polish bantam for a couple of years now and a few things are coming to me. One the are pretty funny looking birds. Also friendly. But there seems to be one flaw. The crested head. Now, this makes things kinda hard for her. Because she can't see hens when they...
  11. WallyBirdie

    Polish Guinea...

    I let the chickens and guineas out to free range; usually they each do their own thing and get along when they cross paths. Ideally, my little white crested Polish would stick with the chickens, but she insists on flocking with my juvenile guineas. (Is it because she and them are close in size...
  12. WallyBirdie

    Over Plucked Pullet!

    My hens have been caught plucking the crest of my White Crested Polish pullet. It wasn't bad before but now my Polish has a bald spot and a little blood. It doesn't look bad but I don't want it to get worse. Should I separate her? This is the first time I've had this problem. None of my other...
  13. CaliFarmsAR

    Crested Runner ducks

    Hi I have been reading here on BYC about the crested Runner duck and would love to have one but I love to breed and I read the they have a problem! Is that true? If so I won't get any. I'm in to breed,sale,etc. Thanks for your time.
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. annchristine

    What breeds are these chickens?

    I think they are probably a mixture of breeds. I bought them late last summer when they were less than a year old just because I thought they were pretty. The 14 year old businessman that sold them to me spoke limited English - breeds were not identified. I was delighted when the golden one...
  15. Tay's Ducks

    How to Pet a Duck!

    Watch the video below to learn how to properly pet a duck (Muscovy Duck to be specific)! :lol:
  16. SiriusChicken

    NorCal/S OR - Pet Eng Orp hens, Cream Legbar rooster, BR hen, & their 11 kids need to be adopted.

    Must rehome my tame pet chickens for health reasons. They need loving homes. They free range well, eat variety of feeds & leftovers & love hand fed treats, mellow, friendly, smart, sweet & used to nice dogs & cats. 4 lrg English Orpington hens 1 yr old 1 Cream Legbar rooster 1 yr old 1 Barred...
  17. P

    Breeding Project, will it work?

    I am soon going to have gold laced sebrights and gold spangled bantam appenzeller spitzhauben. While i want to breed the sebrights towards the sop, i also want to try my own project. That would be creating a small, gold laced and crested (hopefully crest will remain of the spitzhauben type). I...
  18. P

    Lots of questions regarding mottling!

    Hey! so I have a lot of questions about mottling and some other genetic related questions. Thank you in advance for reading and also thanks for any answer i get! 1.Is there any way to be sure a specific breed/color has the mottling factor (for example could be mille fleur or something else)...
  19. PearlTheDuck

    Pete’s story (the truth about crested ducks)

    If you’d like to read Pete’s story, it’s at Pearltheduckandfriends.wordpress.com
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    • blog crest crested crested ducks duck
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. CoopAndFeathers

    Polish Chick's Crest

    I have a few Polish chicks and all seem to be exhibiting normal and full crests except one who has a few small spots in which its crest fuzz is gone. I'm afraid the others might be plucking at it or maybe there might be another cause? I was away all day and when I came home their bowl was empty...
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