They were brought to Holland, where the Dutch bred various varieties of Polish chicken to refine their color patterns and develop crests. By the mid-1800s, Polish chicken arrived in the U.S.

Cordon Bleu, a white crested blue Polish chicken owned by Tamara Simmons of Beaverton, is now a two-time winner of the Lents Chicken Beauty Contest. The fourth-annual contest on Sunday, Aug. 5 was ...