becoming chicken crazy!

[CharlotteB12]

Hi, I'm new here to BYC I'm excited to learn a lot about chickens. First of all I live in a small town that just passed an ordinance that we are aloud to have 5 hens. I was looking for some advice on the nicest chickens around kids, we are also looking for pretty chickens, we want some colorful and pretty eggs too. We are raising them for eggs we will not raise them for meat. We want Docile friendly chickens. And we are not aloud to have roosters. We can not free range chickens so we want chickens who do well in confinement. We live in Ohio so we have pretty cold winters.
We were looking at getting the following chickens:

Olive Egger
Cinnamon Queen
Columbian Rock Cross
Easter Egger
Isa Brown
Golden Comet
Rhode Island Red
And Barred Rock.
Please tell me your suggestions of chicken breeds to get as pets next spring.

 

[Climax]

I... thought you said 5? I uhh... count 7?

 

[CharlotteB12]

I... thought you said 5? I uhh... count 7?

these are just some breeds we might get were not getting all of them.

 

[CharlotteB12]

 

[fluffycrow]

I would keep the barred rocks, and look into Orpingtons, Wyandottes, and Salmon Faverolles. Maybe some EEs as well

 

[CharlotteB12]

I would keep the barred rocks, and look into Orpingtons, Wyandottes, and Salmon Faverolles. Maybe some EEs as well

ya we will probably get an Orphington, EE, and a barred rock. We are still deciding on the other two. But thanks for the advice.

 

[fluffycrow]

Are you planning on keeping them long-term, or will you cull after a few years to get new birds in?

 

[CharlotteB12]

um were keeping them for their whole life if thats what you mean.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hi, I'm new here to BYC I'm excited to learn a lot about chickens. First of all I live in a small town that just passed an ordinance that we are aloud to have 5 hens. I was looking for some advice on the nicest chickens around kids, we are also looking for pretty chickens, we want some colorful and pretty eggs too. We are raising them for eggs we will not raise them for meat. We want Docile friendly chickens. And we are not aloud to have roosters. We can not free range chickens so we want chickens who do well in confinement. We live in Ohio so we have pretty cold winters.
We were looking at getting the following chickens:

Olive Egger
Cinnamon Queen
Columbian Rock Cross
Easter Egger
Isa Brown
Golden Comet
Rhode Island Red
And Barred Rock.
Please tell me your suggestions of chicken breeds to get as pets next spring.

Only one I've had in my flocks on that list is EE, and mine are flighty. But all of them are flighty, since I don't keep them for pets like what you're wanting.

 

[CharlotteB12]

Only one I've had in my flocks on that list is EE, and mine are flighty. But all of them are flighty, since I don't keep them for pets like what you're wanting.

Most people say if you spend more time with them there nicer. Thanks for the advice though.