...Do you need help loading them up and getting them situated in their new home...? LOL
I live in Idaho. Don't know if I'd be able to get there soon enough, but I could try... ;))

Thou shalt not.... Thou shalt not... Thou shalt not....Well, you get the idea.

OH come on. What's two more? Well, actually it's two more, but who cares, it's just arithmetic!

I say go for it! Really, who's gonna notice two more little chickens. And be sure to take pics! :)

Suzie

AARRGGHHH! *LOL*

To make matters worse, they had these little Polish girls in with 4 little black Silkies. Also, when I got home tonight I discovered that our 1/2 bag of lay mash had gone bad, so I HAVE to go back to the feed store tomorrow to replace it!

*sigh*

I give up. I'll post pics.

Velvet

Velvet how wonderful! I can't wait to see the pics! very exciting :)

Sheila

I am sorry for interupting your therapy as I am not aquanted with this forum. Maybe you could call the feed store and tell them when you will be there and can someone just bring the feed out to the car and you can pay from there? This way you wont go in and fall off the wagon again.
OF course I can't throw stones as I havent aquiped my chicken coop with glass....lol
Good luck!

That is one I have been wanting.... sorry, no help unless you live close enough for me to go get them, and I know you don't.

The Dark Side does have a tremendous pull. There isn't anyone here who wouldn't fall over over themselves to grab them out of the store. If I were you, I wouldn't wait until tomorrow, I'd gallop right back and grab the whole bunch of 'em!!! - LOL Ellen

Velvet, you must know perfectly well by now that we are going to tell you to go ahead and get them, what's two more, resistance is futile etc. etc. LOL.

Enjoy your new chickens and post pictures.

Incidentally, I have cured my chicken addiction. I bought goslings. Now I am addicted to them instead. Sort of like stepping out of the frying pan into the fire. I just love them!

All i can do is laugh! GO get them! Please.....

Sorry I won't be able to help you in the willpower department either. Sounds like it might be a done deal and the mash gone bad is certainly a "sign that they were destined to be yours. I can't wait to see the cuties online.
Belinda

OK, here they are! :) Two Bearded Buff Laced Polish hens.

In the living room, right after we brought them home. It was about 100 degrees out today.
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Later, in the back yard. This pic gave me a grin because they look like bookends, or the Marx Brothers doing that 'mirror' bit...
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So far everyone is getting along fine, albeit with much puzzled staring. Our White Crested Black Polish hen, Poof, ran over and stood next to them like they were long-lost relatives. They, of course, could not see her.

We plan on leaving their crests as they are for at least a week, it gives us a chance to get them used to us since they can't see us swooping in to pick them up. Later we'll trim the feathers around their eyes a bit so that they can see a little better. They are very sweet and calm, we love them already but now we have to think up names for them!

We also scored another white duck, free of charge, because she's lame in one leg just like our white drake. He bustled right over to her, quacking his brains out, and they were instantly inseperable, which is quite sweet. :)

Velvet

Although I DID finally convince the feed store folks that these were hens, not roos, I could not shake their conviction that these were bantams. Oh well! :)

Oh, beautiful, I don't think even I could have passed on those!

Oh my goodness! they are beautiful! you must have the coolest house on the street, I bet you have all the kids in the neighborhood coming around all the time to see the bird display! thanks for the pictures, congratulations :)

Sheila

now!! that brings up a question i wanted to ask--but was afraid to--lol. velvet-do you just trim the feathers over their eyes a bit--so they can see? if you trim too short, the feathers bleed, dont they? seems i remember somewhere in my dim memory----

Too cute! I had no idea I even liked chickens and once I realized I did, had no interest in black ones or "fancy" or crested ones. So now I'm all excited about getting some Black Australorp chicks in a few days (trading with someone I met on this forum!) and NOW I have to go look for Bearded Buff Laced Polish. Thanks a lot, Velvet Sparrow. :~D

They look like they should be called "Flopsy" and "Mopsy!"

Velvet! They are beautiful!

Have fun with them...I'm sooo jealous!

Suzie

I NEVER would have been able to leave them there... what's 2 more chickens? They are beautiful... and most definately hens!
I've always wanted to add a few polish to the flock, but never worked up the nerve! I've heard they are terribly spacey and don't free range well b/c of it.
But you got some beautiful birds, there!

I'm going to play the dumb card too---they had grown chickens at your feed store? AND "they are obviously hens" alludes me too. Is it the tails that tips you off?
No matter, it was destiny. All this time the folks at the feed store have been telling folks that these two girls were roos, and thus were not adopted.
Do I remember that you have a DH? If so, he's one patient guy or loves fowl as much as you do. Two lame ducks, LOL!!!!
Regarding naming the new Polish girls---they both look very much like Phyllis Diller (sp?). Probably just as spacy too?
Cool pics, I want to see the black ones too.
Thanks for sharing!
Carla

Thank for the encouragement, you guys! :)

They are lovely girls, and right now are investigating the nest boxes. *L* I think both are looking to lay eggs today. If you check out feathersite.com and compare pics of Polish hens and roos, you'll see the difference. The roos have spikier crests, more of a comb and you can see their eyes. They also have the characteristic hackle and sickle feathers in their capes, tails and side hackle areas. The roos are also a bit larger and have more wattles.

As for trimming the feathers, yes, we use scissors and it is a two person job. One holds the bird firmly, while the other holds the birds' face with one hand and trims the feathers around the eyes carefully with the other. This procedure does NOT earn you points with the bird, but they can at least see better afterwards. I contribute the 'spacey' reputation that Polish have to the fact that they can't see things until the thing is right next to them, then they jump because they are startled. A Silkie breeder friend of mine has a great site here on trimming, it's written for Silkies but can apply to other crested breeds such as Polish as well:

http://browneggblueegg.com/Article.html

Tons of other great chicken health articles there, too. You can also pluck the feathers using tweezers but it's painful for the bird. When you cut a feather just trim the fluffy part, don't worry about getting all of the shaft and you won't cause bleeding. Usually it's a blood feather--a newly grown feather--that bleeds when cut, and if you look closely you can see the blood in the shaft of a blood feather. Mature feathers have a clear shaft.

My DH is just as nuts about animals as I am, we are both hopeless when it comes to resisting. We've already admitted to each other that when our five year old starts hauling home new animals and saying, "Can I keep it?" we'll cave right in. *L*

Velvet

Oh, they are SO darling. And they match your braided rug perfectly... I am in love with them too. They are just as pretty as can be. I'm SO glad you got them and allowed us to see them too. :)