Reviews by JaeG

We have two gorgeous Houdans, Dorothy and Peppa. Neither is show quality but both are such sweet, quiet chickens. Dorothy has bright yellow legs. Peppa just has the top knot and not the beard but her top knot is all white at the back which looks very cute (especially when she gets a bit damp in the rain and it goes spikey). We keep them with four Old English Game Bantams and two Bantam Wyandottes. They have caused no trouble during introductions (which were very short) and they all get along very nicely. Dorothy's little shadow is our smallest chicken, a mis-marked/unusually coloured OEGB and Dorothy doesn't mind a bit. I love their low voices and Dorothy starts honking at me as soon as she hears me coming - I do think she is queen of the coop. Peppa is very quiet and sweet and they both tolerate, with eternal patience, being caught and cuddled by our kids. We travelled a long way to get them (it was a six hour round trip) but it was totally worth it as they have been adorable additions to our little flock.

We have two Bantam Wyandottes and they are such sweet chickens. They are called Happy Mrs Chicken (named by our 4 year old - anyone who knows Peppa Pig will understand) and Sparkles (named by our 7 year old). They'd hardly been handled when we brought them home but they have come to trust us very quickly. They are easy to handle and Sparkles recently started laying at about 5 months old. Gorgeous little eggs and I've never heard her make a fuss about laying them. We've been slowly introducing them to our two Old English Game Bantams (who are rather Chihuahua-like in their attitude to other chickens). When the OEGBs strut up to try and boss them round the Wyandottes just freeze, crouch a little and close their eyes to say "We don't want to challenge you for supremacy!" So incredibly docile.