Ameraucana

I own one bantam buff and she is just a sweetie.

No, she doesn't sit on my lap, but she DOES come to my whistle (most of the time.)  She allows me to pick her up sometimes,  and she will "cuddle" once I'm holding her.  Taffy is VERY independent, although not the "head Hen", and NO ONE gives her grief.  

Maybe it's because she's bantam or her color, but the only time she has been flighty (although she CAN fly quite well) has been after her chick was hatched. She settled back down after about a week.  Unless she's molting, she lays eggs regularly and with great efficiency.  No fuss, no bother.

I REALLY want another buff or wheaten.  They seem to have such wonderful personalities.

I did raise her from a chick, so that may be one reason she's so friendly.  But whatever it is, I'm sure glad I have her!

Ameraucanas are great birds for someone who's going to keep them for showing, breeding, or pleasure, I don't see them being very good for meat or eggs. The roos seem friendly enough, although one of mine needs to learn to be a little gentler with the ladies, luckily it's more inexperience than aggression.

My Ameraucanas are flighty, they're the only ones I have to worry about jumping up in a tree & escaping into the front yard, but if they do get out they're never far & are easily herded back to where they belong (perhaps they're just smart enough to know all the untouched greens are in the front yard). I attribute this to their smaller size, my big fat birds simply can't make it up into the tree.

Mine are also not as friendly as my other breeds, they rarely get close enough to eat out of my hand and they never jump up on me when I sit down. They seem to kinda do their own thing, but now that they're getting more full-grown they get along well with my other chickens and they all roam the yard together.

These are such neat Chickens, I love the colors of my males.

I have only one Ameraucana, but she is a ball. She is on the larger size, and is lacking any kind of beard, muff, etc.  She gives me about 5 eggs per week at 9 months old. She is very flighty most of the time and was hard to tame down.  She is the bottom of my pecking order of 12.  She has a very docile temperment, shy, but when you are quiet with her she will come over and pick at your shoes, pants, jump on your shoulders.  All around a great bird.