craftyhunnypie Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 How big are Polands? Thinking of hatching some for our new chicken enclosure we have planned. Are they bantam sized or bigger? How big are they in comparison to an Araucana? I also fancy some Appenzellers. Thanks, Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 There are two types, bantams and LF, the bantams are small, smaller than a pekin and slim, the LF are a bit taller than a pekin, smaller than a Silkie (does any of that make sense ) Appenzellers are about the same size as a hybrid but more lightly built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thankyou - I think I'll go for the LF sized ones then - they could all go together. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Just like in Silkies though, LF vary a lot in size. My Olive is LF but I've seen some much bigger than her, the breeder I get eggs from has a pair of Tolbunt LF Polands and they're twice the size of Olive. I'd highly recommend a visit to her place near Brackley, all the different colours of Polands under the sun there including chocolate Doris is bantam and absolutely tiny. I'm going to hatch some tiny friends for her later in the year. It's taken a long time for Olive to bond with her and as the pair of them will be spending all of the winter in the garage it'd be nice for the Poland flock to be a bit bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisEllis Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thats interesting...i dont know if mine are bantams or the LF? Is it only size thats different ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Size yep. Egg and the actual bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
