Pros: Super Friendly, love human attention, wonderful personalities, worship my dogs
Cons: Noisy before egg laying
I have 3 Barred Rock girls in my flock of 14 and they are by far my sweetest, most gentle and affectionate girls. I almost regretted getting them at first as they were not a 'showy' as some of the other chicken breeds. Now I don't know what I would do without them! They love human attention (and canine) and follow me around and even stare into the back door to see where I am if I am late coming out in the morning. As soon as I sit down at least one of them is on my lap waiting for some love and occasionally they will fly up on my shoulder for attention if I am ignoring them. I just love how affectionate and personable they are, not to mention they have a very large personality. My Barred Rocks also LOVE my dogs, they follow them around like puppies and do everything they do. If my dogs are drinking they also have their head in the dish drinking, if my dogs are laying in the sun the Barred Rocks are right there next to them. They try to fly up on my dog's backs for a free ride but the pups aren't too crazy about that idea. They are very vocal during egg laying so if you are looking for a chicken your neighbors won't hear it could be a problem?
