/ Register


  1. Come check out hundreds of awesome coop pages (and a few that need suggestions) in our 2018 Coop Rating Project!

Advice please....

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by ButtersMama, Dec 30, 2012.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Dec 30, 2012 #1
    ButtersMama

    ButtersMama Chirping

    139
    0
    99
    Feb 28, 2011
    I would like suggestions...I'm going to order 6 chicks. I've had experience with feather picking. Seems the Black sexlinks are the ones who war the problem. Since giving them away to a larger farm, we no longer have the problems. Can you suggest good layers, mild mannered chickens?

    Thanks!
     

  4. Dec 30, 2012 #2
    BuffOrpington88

    BuffOrpington88 Non-Stop

    1,395
    180
    216
    Mar 20, 2012
    Buff Orpingtons are very sweet.
     
  6. Dec 30, 2012 #3
    redsoxs

    redsoxs Crowing

    25,645
    1,946
    463
    Jul 17, 2011
    North Central Kansas
    My buffs are sweet as well. Really the only birds I have found to be mean to other birds have been a couple of RIRs and an ancona and a newly arrived gold-laced wyandotte. I think you can find very diverse opinions on this - many swear as gentle, the breeds I mentioned as mean - every bird is different!
     
  8. Dec 30, 2012 #4
    Choco Maran

    Choco Maran Songster

    730
    47
    153
    Jul 25, 2009
    Ribera New Mexico
    The only chicken I have found to be mean is a Gold lace Wyandotte Rooster. I have had four and everyone was very mean. The only time I have come across mean hens is when they are bored or over crowded. I have had RIR and must say they are the fistest of all the chickens I have had and I will not buy them again, but I'm into the more rare breeds and special ones.
     
  10. Dec 30, 2012 #5
    cluckcluckluke

    cluckcluckluke Crowing

    8,341
    253
    336
    Jul 10, 2012
    The Foothills Of Chickendom
    Langshans are extremely nice and are great layers for a PB breed and they lay through winter and they have feathery feet[​IMG].
    But if you want a prolific layer I'd try the sex-links again as each individual is different, maybe try the white or red ones this time. I think color has great significances on which chickens make friends with who, but there are exceptions.
     

BackYard Chickens is proudly sponsored by