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I also like Australorpes. I've found them to be mild mannered.

You made me laugh. I'm very pleased with the mellow temperament of my PBR. And they lay a nice big egg. I've found that EE are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. My first EE started laying at 16 weeks, and were wonderful layers. The EE I got from a hatchery...

I love a mixed flock. Also, if you add barred hens to your flock, your roo will produce some lovely black sex linked chicks which may lay green eggs! Not to worry. Home bred sex links are not the problematic sex links that you are familiar with from the hatcheries. They are wonderful layers...

In days of old, before so many breeds were "dumbed down" by the hatchery industry, RIR were known to be wonderful layers, and docile: Beautiful birds with gorgeous mahogany colored feathers. Since the hatchery industry started producing so many breeds with focus on productivity, while ignoring...

Leghorns docile? Emphatically no. They are skittish, and like all Mediterranean breeds have a rep of being bullies. Silkies great layers? Double Emphatically no. They are chronically broody, and not prolific layers. And often picked on by normal feathered chickens. Also prone to being...

I don't know what breeds you have available to you, but you might look at Henderson's chicken breeds thread. No doubt the strains you have available to you will be different than the ones we have here in the states. Why, RIR might even be a docile breed there, but here she has a reputation of...