Reviews by pab0150

I have experimented with six different breeds of hens and the Stars (Golden Comet) are without a doubt my favorite hands down. We had a mild winter, but they layed every day right through and the eggs are extra large to even bigger some days! Our one remaining Comet, Thelma,(dog got our other two) is as sweet as she can be and curious (we call her nosy). Her best friend Louise was an even better layer than she is. They love to free range during the day and will "talk" to us until we let them out. Great foragers and have done a good job of helping to turn the garden over for planting! If I had a whole flock of them I would be quite happy!

We bought six Ameraucana chicks from our feed store that were all supposed to be female. We ended up with three and three. We gave the roos to a friend because we live in a subdivision and didn't want any crowing. The remaining three were raised from day old babies and never became friendly or easy to handle. We ended up with two that were a bronze and black and one white and black. They were beautiful ladies, I have to say that and they began laying at about 24 weeks and were reliable almost daily layers from the start. We free range them during the day and trying to get them back into the coop was a struggle. They would run every which way and were just a pain in the behind in general. None of us could ever get very close to them, though Oreo (the black and white) would on occasion try to get close enough to eat from the hand, but then run away. I was very surprised at their flightiness, but maybe I was comparing them to our Comets who were extremely friendly and lovely birds. Unfortunately, our dogs turned on them one day out of the blue and killed all of the Ameracaunas. I will never have another one, that's for sure!