Pros: they are good layers, scare off other animals
Cons: aggression
I got these Reds for free (at 2-4 years old) and although they are friendly with me (the food lady), they pick on other hens, peck eggs (both theirs and others).
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Friendly, placid, don't fight with the other six hens and don't mess with the eggs.
I've never had chickens so I don't know if my Red's peacefulness is normal or not.
In my little flock the nastiest were the Hamburgs but since they also turned out to
be the smallest it never got them very far.
As a note my girls spend their days out roaming my back yard. At lot of aggressive
behavior disappeared once they were let out to roam on their own.