We're adding two hens to our flock...A Red and Black Star. Are they really great layers and as docile as the hatcheries claim them to be? The hens we have are really, really easy going and laid back...we're looking for the same in the additions...
Red Star... 2 hens nice large eggs, come and eat out of our 2 year olds hand with out even a mark. Will even take moths from him with out a peck on his skin.
I have three black stars and one red star. The red star is a little egg laying machine. She's very small, I don't know why, and very shy but she's a little sweetie and always, always sitting in the nest laying another egg. The black stars are bigger girls with plump almost Orp like bodies. They're more outgoing, always yelling at me for their treats but not terribly affectionate. Never mean to any of the other chickens just out there doing their thing. They developed as egg layers last of my whole flock but have never missed a day since they started.
Yes. We loved our Red Star hen and our Black Stars when we had them. Very easy going and great layers. The Black Stars didn't seem to be as hardy as some of the other breeds we had though...maybe it was just the ones we had.
I had one red star that was mean, but she laid double yolkers. I now have three black stars. 1 that's 10 months old and is a good layer and two juvies.
I have both and they are friendly and great layers!! I get alot of double yolkers from those girls. They come running up to me whenever they see me. I love mine!!
We have a rooster and a hen that are real light colored sex links. Amber is what I think they are. Anyway, they are both flighty and unfriendly. always have been, since being day olds. The hen is nasty mean to the other hens and has pecked me and my kids. But, I think mine are different than most, cause most say they love them. Go figure. I will say that the hen lays nice eggs about 6 days a week. Almost as many as my leghorn, and more than both my RIRs.
I have one red star, and that girl lays the biggest eggs of all my hens, quite a few double yolks in what she lays. Her personality is very calm and even tempered, she is not outgoingly friendly, but was almost 5 months old when I got her, so may not have been socialized. HTH Janet
I have about 50 red stars nice birds no trouble at all i have a bout 30+ black star crosses no problems at all i prefer the red star and starting to move the bulk of the flock to red star and then cross with bard rock. i have about 70 bard rock cross with red and black star and who really knows what else most look like bard rock and are very easy going birds but have there nose stuck where they dont belong a lot i few are now trying to help geather the eggs in the evening if they could just get thelm in the bucket all would be great.
