Polish Chickens

Polish History

Known in England as the Polish, this is the most popular of the crested breeds. It is also one of the oldest. The origin of this bird and its name is still not clear. Crested birds have been described all over Europe, not just in Poland. It has been known as a pure breed as early as the 16th century. They appeared and received classification at the first poultry show in London in 1845. Then available in four colours.

Polish Behaviour

The Polish is an unusual and beautiful bird. They do look rather strange with their big hair do! They lay a good number of white eggs. Generally classed as a non-sitting bird, they can occasionally become broody. Breeders tend to tie the crest up to keep it clean and allow the bird to see well. The Polish has a thin skull and can suffer from hypothermia quite quickly in the cold. Mites need to be looked out for, as they cannot preen themselves very easily to remove them.

Polish Varieties

Colours of the Polish are very varied. The best known being the white crested black with its black body and white crest. The other two similarly patterned colours are white crested blue and white-crested cuckoo. These three colours do not have a beard and have wattles; all the other colours have a beard with no wattles. They have white earlobes. The crest of the female should be very round with the males being spikier. The eyes are red in all colours and beaks and legs are dark blue in all except the white crested cuckoo, which has a paler beak and legs. The chamois, gold and silver are all laced.

Polish Pictures

Two orange polish chickens walking on grass

my favorite chicken he is such a character

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Very nice chickens! - Katie, 1 June 2023

I have one of these cute little chickens. Very friendly and loveable. I highly recommend these for beginners! Mine is called Daisy and I can not imagine life without her!

Fantastic breed for beginners to experienced keepers - Lucy, Essex, 3 March 2022

Madge & Onion Our Girls - Tina, 16 October 2021

We have a golden lace ( onion) and black and white girl ( Madge) our girls are fantastic pets, they have such amazing little characters, a get addition to a nice sized garden, our girls have a 90ft garden all to themselves, we have an omlet door on there coop, which is money well spent, we wouldn't be without our girls, we love them to bits..

white crested polish - Pete, 9 April 2019

Great friendly little birds that lay a good sized white egg. Very friendly as pets

Amusing! - Emily, 29 September 2013

I had a Poland cockerel, he was a very handsome boy and took very good care of his flock, unfortunately he was incredibly aggressive toward people, and we had to sell him. On the other hand, all 6 of his children had wonderful temperaments and were fantastic layers! Whether this was the influence of the other breeds I do not know... Still, he was very good at his job and an intelligent bird.

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