Aggressive and nicest breeds of chicken?

[Chickens4Life101]

Nicest breed I've ever been around-Brahmas- never met an aggressive roo or hen from that breed.
In my history game breeds have the meanest roosters and as for aggressive hens my Dark Cornish hens will peck really hard when I pick them up.

We had a light brahma rooster who was surprisingly cuddly, but one day turned aggressive. Not overly aggressive, but too aggressive for the 4 year old.

 

[cppeace]

any breed can have aggression sadly but make sure he's not bred. Never pass on aggression when you can help it.

 

[Peppercorngal]

I have never had a mean hen ever. Only roosters. My meanest rooster was a Dominique. The nicest was a Columbian Wyandotte roo with a cross beak. My newest flock (now 14 weeks) is all nice right now. The most curious are the sexlinks and my speckled Sussex, they want to know everything that is going on and check out all the holes and cubbys. They all feed from my hand except for the Black Jersey rooster, Black Bart. But so far he is nice to me too. My dark brahma roo (Elmer) and my white giant roo (Harvey), and all the rest, silver laced wyandottes, barred rocks, easter eggers and buff orpingtons are sweet as can be. They ALL follow me (the giver of food and treats) everywhere, especially if I call them!

 

[The chicken whisperer 5]

I was wanting to know what everyone thought was the worse type of breeds you've delt with as far as them being aggressive and what breeds were the nicest and easy to handle?

I have never met a mean chicken yet well, their was a rooster once whoeveryone was afraid of and wouldn’t get close to but I picked him up and held him. But the sweetest breed that I know is bantam Cochin hens I have one and she is so sweeet and loving she comes to me when I call her too. Ameraucana s are probably the next but they are nervous or at least mine is unless you pick her up, then light Brahmas, old English game fowl bantams I have a rescue too who’s very sweet and finally the leghorn cross is very sweet and adventurous. But that’s my opinion

 

[Roo5]

Rhode Island reds and Silver lace Wyandotte’s, most aggressive Rirs were worse the silver lace.

 

[Willowspirit]

Interesting. My SLWs are very curious about everything but not remotely aggressive. My BLRW is only so in working her way into the W flock at the top. The GLWs are the silliest. My BOs aren't the brightest chickens but they're gentle.

 

[Roo5]

She was a Production Silver laced Wyandotte, bred for egg production,probably why she didn’t represent the breed well.

 

[Acre4Me]

I have never met a mean chicken yet well, their was a rooster once whoeveryone was afraid of and wouldn’t get close to but I picked him up and held him. But the sweetest breed that I know is bantam Cochin hens I have one and she is so sweeet and loving she comes to me when I call her too. Ameraucana s are probably the next but they are nervous or at least mine is unless you pick her up, then light Brahmas, old English game fowl bantams I have a rescue too who’s very sweet and finally the leghorn cross is very sweet and adventurous. But that’s my opinion

Just FYI, you picked up an 11 year old thread. The OP that you quoted hasnt been on BYC for 3+ years. You can see when a poster was last active by clicking on their user name.

 

[Chickengene]

I was wanting to know what everyone thought was the worse type of breeds you've delt with as far as them being aggressive and what breeds were the nicest and easy to handle?

If you mean aggressive to the other chickens, I can confirm what I read on BYC about Wyandottes, specifically Silver Laced Wyandottes, being quite aggressive. I was given an EE about two years ago and since then inherited from various places and times a RIR and a??? mix breed. They all got along from the first day they entered the flock. Then I purchased two, day old chicks, the Evil Twins.
Two Silver Laced Wyandottes who upon their integration into the flock promptly were aptly named Maleficent and Cruella. They immediately began to terrorize Miss Penny, the copper colored EE.
Literally racing twenty-five yards across the field to chase her away.
I told my wife a few weeks ago, I will never have another Wyandotte. But I may have changed my mind since my neighbor's duck Drake has been denuding the RIR and the twins are aggressive enough to actually peck him off of Ruby.
I must admit the BO has shown the most interest in being friends with my wife and I. When I take a break from chores I sit in a pair of chairs in the yard facing the quarantine coop, and within minutes the BOs and Rodger my Brahma cockeral are clamoring over my feet legs and chair. Everywhere I go on the property they are milling around within a few yards.
Last night however that also became a problem.
I was intending to work late into the evening inside the shed where I am building a room for the wife to do crafts. I was waiting for the youngsters to head for bed early as they normally do so I could stop working outside and move inside in the A/C, but noticed it was so dark I could no longer see to work outside but here they were still milling around my feet.
It was not hard to get them to follow me over to their coop, but I did have to bribe them with cracked corn to get them to go inside.

 

[Pretty Birds]

The nicest hens I've had are Speckled Sussex.
My Buff Orpington rooster hated me! I rehomed him.