“I love my White Crested Black Polish girl! She is 4 years old now, and so very tame! She loves to ride on my shoulder and I sometimes have to bathe her head (red Alabama clay) and she falls asleep in my arms while cleaning her/blowdrying her. I love this chicken so much!”
“I ordered bantams. I was sent one standard polish and she proceeded to aggressively kill the other 7 bantam breeds as soon as she started her first molt. Even now I cannot put her with other chickens because she will attempt to murder them. Be careful ordering. I will not make this mistake again.”
“We ordered an assortment of bantams and all 6 arrived healthy and have been growing like crazy. We didn't choose, but ended up with two White-Crested Polish (my friend says they look like Billy Idol), two Cochins and the last two are Easter Eggers (I think). One of the Cochins enjoys walking around the house on our arms or shoulders and is quite outraged when she has to stay in the pen. They shipped on the promised day, but arrived a day early. I was glad I was able to go pick them up at the sub-zero Post Office annex. That was the only thing that was a little nerve-wracking - we are usually not home during the day.”
“I ordered 2 of these this spring, but one didn't live a day after we received them. The surviving pullet, Cruella de Ville, has a big floofy crest with black "eyebrows" on the front of it. Her wings have white tips on almost all of the feathers and I'm hoping she molts and gets pure black wing feathers when she gets older, because I'm planning to show her at the county fair next year.”
“Star (aka Afropuff) was sent to us by accident. The customer service at MPC was super nice as always, and even refunded me, but I don't regret having her. She's a constant source of entertainment. She's so sleek and iridescently black with a long upright tail- reminds me of a grackle, especially when she flies. Her beautiful white afro keeps her from seeing well, but she listens for the others and goes running in that direction because she doesn't want to miss anything. She is a pretty good layer of small, white, very oblong eggs but has trouble finding the nest boxes sometimes and will give up and lay in random places. She does NOT like being held or bothered in the nest box and will peck you, but it's probably because we have to sneak up and catch her when's she wandering off or can't find her way back to the coop while free ranging. I trim her hairdo occasionally so she can see better. She hates it, but appreciates the extra vision.”
