The Malay needs research before a novice breeder takes them on I have 2 pairs. They eat alot and need alot of space and both roo and hens a mean but they make great pets just can't mix them in a flock. But that's just my birds some1 else may have trios. They lay few eggs.
Oh thank god I only have 11 because the others are roosters and the hens that lay part of the year so that means they are only 1/8 a chicken and then there is the pets so I really don't have that many.
I say they are docile. Mine are not hatchery stock and the biggest hens I own 7lb if not more. We didn't raise them but bought them pol and real easy to handle.
On a off note they do pick at the others and pluck feathers from the roo's. Quiet and not flighty seem to be the smarter ones in my...