Polish
a.k.a. Polands or Paduans
"Balthazar," Shahbazin's Non-bearded Buff Laced Polish
cock
Photo courtesy of Shahbazin
Known in England as the Poland, this is the most popular of the crested breeds. It is also one of the oldest, being known as a pure breed as early as the sixteenth century. The Polish breed probably originated on the Continent, but nothing is truly known about its origins.
This ornamental, non-sitting breed lays a white-shelled egg. Its most prominent feature is the crest of feathers on the head. Note the more "umbrella-like" crest on the males and the powder-puff shape on the hens. It also has the large nostrils typical of crested breeds and a small V-comb. Many varieties occur, including White Crested Black, White, Golden, Silver, and Buff-laced. These can be either bearded or non-bearded.
Polish cocks weigh in at 6 pounds, while the hens only reach 4 1/2 pounds.
I also have a page for Polish bantams and one for Polish chicks.
Breed clubs:
Polish
Breeders' Club
Jim Parker
RR #6, 3232 Schooler Road
Cridersville, OH 45806
e-mail: polishman@woh.rr.com
The Poland Club
Clare Beebe
The Crest, 8 Paddock Close, Terrington St.
St. Clements, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4FD
phone: 07554 523392
The Crested Breeds Club
of Australia
Jenny Stewart
phone: (03) 5438 7317
e-mail: secretary@crestedbreeds.com
Polish Fowl Club of Mexico (El Club Mexicano de Gallinas
Polacas)
Ricardo Macedo Avina, Presidente
Morelos 219 Oriente
Tepic, Nayarit
Mexico CP 63000
Dutch Poland
Club (Nederlandse Kuif en Baardkuifhoender club)
L. Hans (secretary)
Edeseweg 40 6721 JX Bennekom
Netherlands
e-mail: info@kuifhoenderclub.nl
Swiss Silky and Poland Breeders
Club (Schweizerischer Siedenhuhn- und HaubenhŸhner-ZŸchterclub)
Secretary Heinz Mathys
Egelmoosstrasse 10
CH-5742 Kšlliken, Switzerland
e-mail: k.h.mathys@bluewin.ch
Polish Links:
Polish Chicken Fanciers on facebook
An SPPA article on the Black-crested White Polish in North America
Wait while it loads and watch Hope's rooster "Shinnecock" fly way up into a tree
WC Black Polish at Horstman's Poultry
"Leroy Brown," the Golden Polish cock
1 June 1991--29 September 2000
Having a Bad Hair Day
Photo ©Frank Quinn
This is Leroy's son "STWALI" trying to sleep in his tree (while
my yearly party is going on around him)
Photo courtesy of Bob Hirschberg
The Leroy Brown Quarantine Center and Retirement Complex
"Leroy's" mate "Carol"
Photo courtesy of Robert Sussman
"Amanda" has a much better crest than "Carol" (above), but her
lacing is not so good.
Photo courtesy of Marta Sundal
Two shots of my White-crested Black Polish rooster,
"NightWatch"
Larger photo of "NightWatch" courtesy of Bill and Sue Tivol
Edgar Allan Poe (1/19/1809-10/7/1849) and "Edgar Allan Polish" (3/1/97-6/21/00)
successor to NightWatch (who ran away with a fox)
Edgar Allen, himself, was taken by an owl
"Warren" in the wind - definitely a bad hair day!
Photo courtesy of Jana Martin
My adorable Frizzled Golden Laced Polish bantam rooster "BHD"
Head shot of a White-crested Black Polish rooster
Photo courtesy of Ethan Logue
A pair of Buff-laced Polish from Korea
Photo courtesy of Lee Seong Woon
A White-crested Crele Polish cockerel
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
A nice White-crested Black Poland female from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A Silver Laced Polish cockerel from Austria
Photo courtesy of Lukas Ruetz
The head of a Tolbunt Polish rooster
Photo courtesy of Greenfire Farms
An aerial view of a pair of White-crested Blue
Polish
Photo © Eric Sander
A male White-crested Blue Polish
Fashions follow the Polish!
Photo stolen from some newspaper
Two shots of a White-crested Blue Polish
female
A very nice Blue Poland from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
Buff Laced Polish from Sweden
Photo courtesy of Daniel Sörensen
A Tolbunt Polish hen
Photos courtesy of Greenfire Farms
White Bearded and White-crested Cuckoo Polish roosters
Photos courtesy of Taryn Koerker
A White-crested Mottled Chocolate Polish pullet with some plumage
details
Photos courtesy of J. Ringnalda
A flock of WCB Polish
Photo courtesy of Thomas A. Dean
White-crested Blue and White-crested Barred pullets from Germany
Photos courtesy of Sascha Michel
The head of a Black-crested White Polish rooster
Photo courtesy of Luuk Hans
A White-crested Buff Polish pullet
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
Black-crested Blue Polish pullet (on left) and hen
Photos courtesy of Mckinney & Govero Poultry
"Kramer," a Bearded Buff-laced Polish cockerel, and a pullet
of the same variety
Photos courtesy of Caleb Stroh
A White-crested Red Polish rooster
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
A Self Black Poland rooster from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A Bearded White Polish hen
A White Polish male
Photo courtesy of Anthony Kimbrough/G&K Exotics
A White-crested Mottled Khaki pullet
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
A Black-crested White pullet
Photo courtesy of Dr. Albert McGraw
Here's another Black-crested White Polish female
Photo courtesy of Anthony Kimbrough/G&K Exotics
Two shots of "BungaBaby," my Silver Polish hen
Photos ©Frank Quinn
Here's a whole flock of Silver Polish hens
Photo courtesy of Mckinney & Govero Poultry
Three views of a Bearded Buff Laced Polish pullet
Photos courtesy of Laura Phillips & Pat Schieb
A Bearded Buff Laced Polish rooster
Photo courtesy of Laura Phillips & Pat Schieb
This is a Bearded Chocolate-crested Chocolate Polish pullet
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
"Alice Gary Cohen," my favorite WCB hen
Photo courtesy of Diana Reed-Slattery
Tolbunt Polish roosters
Photos courtesy of Heather Langdon (left) and Channing Grisham (right)
A Frizzled Blue Polish hen
Photo courtesy of A. Boland
Here's "Serge," a Bearded Buff Laced Polish cockerel
A White-crested Black Polish cockerel
Photo courtesy of Beth Adams
A Bearded Buff-crested Buff Polish pullet (say that fast 3 times!)
Photo courtesy of J. Ringnalda
Another flock of WCB Polish -- note that there is at least one
White Crested Blue Polish in there
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A Black-crested White Polish with Cuckoo Polish chicks
Photo courtesy of Luuk Hans
"Dandelion," Shahbazin's Non-bearded Buff Laced Polish
hen
Photo courtesy of Shahbazin
Two shots of a Non-bearded Buff Laced pullet that was Best
Poland at a UK event in 2002
Photos courtesy of Robert Stephenson
Some young Frizzled Polish
Photo courtesy of Mandy
Head shots of a Bearded Buff Laced Frizzled Polish
hen
Photos courtesy of Laura Phillips
Two more Frizzled Polish -- a Golden rooster and a Buff Laced
hen
Photos courtesy of Channing Grisham
"Jiffy," a month old Frizzled Polish
Photo courtesy of Mandy
A really Bad Hair Day
Photo courtesy of Karen Pardini
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