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Polish Bantam Fertile Eggs – Crested Ornamental Line
R60,00 Original price was: R60,00.R30,00Current price is: R30,00.
Polish Bantam fertile eggs 🎭 Unique crested “top hat” chickens with beautiful ornamental appeal. Perfect for incubation and creating a standout backyard flock 🐣 Limited stock available
Available on back-order
Description
Polish Bantam Fertile Eggs – Crested Ornamental Line
🎭 Stunning Crested Chickens – Unique, Elegant & Eye-Catching 🐣
🐣 Breed Overview
- Polish Bantams are a highly ornamental breed, known for their striking large feathered crests (“top hats”) 🎭
- One of the most visually unique chicken breeds available
- Perfect for backyard setups, ornamental flocks, and hobby farmers
🎨 Egg Colour
- White to cream coloured eggs 🥚
- Ideal for incubation and hatching your own ornamental flock
- No matter the shell colour, all chicken eggs taste essentially the same 👍
🧬 Appearance & Colour Characteristics
- Large, distinctive crested head feathers 🎭
- Clean legs (no feathering)
- Elegant, upright posture
- Mixed colour varieties including black, white crested, and patterned birds ✨
😊 Temperament
- Calm and gentle 🐔
- Can be slightly more alert due to limited vision from crest
- Best suited to secure, predator-protected environments 🛡️
🥚 Egg Production
- Approximately 120–160 eggs per year
- Approximately 10–13 eggs per month
- Moderate layers, valued more for appearance than production
🌿 Why They’re Perfect Backyard Chickens
- One of the most decorative chicken breeds 💎
- Great for creating a unique and interesting flock
- Compact bantam size – ideal for smaller spaces
- Easy to manage with proper care
💡 Fun Facts
- Their crest can limit forward vision, giving them a curious and unique behaviour 👀
- Often referred to as “top hat chickens” 🎩
- Historically kept as ornamental show birds
⭐ Why You’ll Love Them
- Beautiful, eye-catching appearance 🎭
- Great conversation birds
- Perfect for ornamental and hobby flocks
📦 What You’re Getting
- Fresh, fertile Polish Bantam eggs
- Selected from healthy, well-managed breeding stock
- From birds in peak laying condition (approximately 8 months old) 💪
📊 Stock Availability
- Limited stock available ⚠️
- Orders processed on a first-come, first-served basis
🔥 Hatching & Incubation Guide
- Main purpose: These eggs are sold for incubation to hatch your own chicks 🐣
- Best results when incubated within 7 days
- Ideal settings:
- Temperature: 37.5°C
- Humidity: 45–55% (Days 1–18)
- Humidity: 65–70% (final 3 days)
- Turn eggs 3–5 times daily
- Stop turning on Day 18
- Expected hatch time: 21 days ⏳
- Candle eggs on Day 7 and Day 14 🔦
- Allow eggs to rest after transport before incubation
- Note: Hatch rates depend on handling and incubation conditions
🌿 Breeding, Housing & Nutrition
- Raised in the Garden Route 🌿 with clean, spacious, predator-protected housing 🛡️
- High-quality diet including balanced feed, added oils, greens, and fly larvae 🐛
- Supplemented with Camelus Avi Layer & Breeder for fertility and egg quality ✅
🧬 Breeder Line & Origin
- Breeding stock sourced from reputable South African breeders 🇿🇦
- Selected for appearance, health, and strong breeding traits
❤️ Our Philosophy
- Our chickens are part of our family 🐔
- No caged or intensive systems 🚫
- Focused on quality, care, and ethical breeding 🌿
- A safe haven for beautiful and extraordinary breeds ✨
📍 Collection & Delivery
- Collection by arrangement ✅
- Delivery options available depending on location 🚚
- Prompt handling recommended due to egg viability