Reviews by Darkjeweler

I bought 2 hens, which turned out to be roos. The roos like to try to dominate everything smaller than themselves and I think they blinded one of my Russian Orloff hens. They are a bit cowardly if anything stands up to them. Right now they run in terror when the Guineas come into the coop. Apparently they learned the hard way that Guineas can beat the heck out of them.

I have 4 hens. These have to be the sweetest chickens I have had so far. If I am stationary for more than 60 secods, they run up my back and perch on my shoulder or head. If I am sitting down, it is a competition between them to see who can crawl into my lap first and get pet/cuddled. They have a great little happy chirp. They are very inquisative and easy to get along with. They don't start fights with other birds and are just nice. They don't grow as fast as some of the more common breeds. I would recommend these to anyone. Mine are not old enough to lay yet, so I can't speak to that.

I bought a pair of Hatch Hens and their 9 chicks at an auction. I had never dealt with Games before. The mothers were very loud and protective of the babies and would attack any bird that got within a 5 ft radius. This was a little dissapointing considering my aviary has lots of birds that all walk and mostly get along together. These two girls had all the other domestic birds so terrified, that they all stayed on the opposite side of the aviary. The new girls even attacked me at first, but that behavior was quickly corrected (non-violently). After a few days I had to take the chicks away, and the mothers calmed down within a day or so and are now a lot friendlier and easier to deal with. Pretty birds.

The new girls did make the mistake of picking on the grown Guinea hens. We did have a little pecking-order fight a couple of times and the girls now know that you don't mess with the Guineas.

The chicks were brought into the house and are currently being raised there. The chicks are real sweet and curious. They love to be picked up and cuddled. They will go back outside in a few weeks.