Rural Gardening: Question re: My White Crested Black Polish bantam hen..., 1 by crestedchik

crestedchik wrote:
Where did you get the mottled Houdan?

Glenda
I pull the crests on many of my polish
I don't cut them except in an emergency
The cock birds I will sometimes pull into a pony tail
Hens I will simply pull the feathers away,starting at the middle of the beak
Up under the eye,and across the front
I sometimes have to do this during breeding because the pituitary gland is triggered by light
If no light hits their eyes they don't know its time to make the eggs

Polish don't see all that great anyhow
even when their crests don't cover their eyes
and I don't think most of them are very smart.......

I think they are the dumb blonds of the poultry world......
maybe thats why I have them,never thought about it that way......
birds of a feather.....
ROTFLMAO