I have two Jaerhon hens. They lay really well in the summer but come winter they are spotty ,even with light.
My two are different personality wise. One is friendly the other a spas who thinks I am going to kill her.
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Of course every individual is different, but some breeds just naturally seem to have no desire to interact with people, while others seem to drawn to them, as a rule. Lots of handling always makes them more tame than they would be otherwise, but not necessarily friendly. I'm just wondering generally what they are like.That's because some are flighty, and some are mellow, just like any other breed. We don't handle chickens much, as they are livestock, not pets, but it doesn't seem to make any difference in our flocks. The Jaerhons are efficient in the feed to egg ratio. We like them, and they are popular with the city fad followers that can't have roosters, as they are autosexing.
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In general, I'd put them higher up on the 'friendly' scale, maybe a 6-7 out of 10. I've had Jaers that were annoyingly in-my-face and underfoot friendly, others who don't like to be handled but don't run away screaming either. Several eat out of my hand now, I don't make any special efforts to tame my birds either.