Some of our quietest and most docile chickens were Belgian d'Uccles. If you handle them from an early age, they won't mind being picked up and cuddled (and might even follow you around) when they reach adulthood. They also come in a wide variety of colours. We once had a purple one (well it was really a blueish greyish colour).
If you're raising them in your yard, it's easy to train them to stay there and go back to their cage at night. They like routine, and will get stressed if their routine is disrupted.
This is a bantam breed, so the eggs they lay are small and sometimes pointy, but the yolk takes up nearly all of the egg. Unfortunately, these are not good layers. They'll stop laying in Winter and when it warms up they'll only lay once every couple of weeks. They're more of an ornamental bird.
If you're raising them in your yard, it's easy to train them to stay there and go back to their cage at night. They like routine, and will get stressed if their routine is disrupted.
This is a bantam breed, so the eggs they lay are small and sometimes pointy, but the yolk takes up nearly all of the egg. Unfortunately, these are not good layers. They'll stop laying in Winter and when it warms up they'll only lay once every couple of weeks. They're more of an ornamental bird.
