ATTN Silician Buttercup owners, we have Questions on them!

[amartinlb]

We're going to have to do an order from a Hatchery soon to get a number of chicks, lots of which will be straight run, but we are also considering getting an order of 5 straight run Sicilian Buttercups.

I'm reading/hearing conflicting things on them...some people (and books) saying that they are VERY flighty and hate human contact, and others saying that they are very gentle, aren't flighty, etc.

For all keepers of this breed here, what is their behavior like, particularly the HEN'S behavior since unless we sell our home sooner than expected we aren't allowed to keep roosters in our town. Are they really flighty or are they gentle? We'd likely only keep one or two hens.

Currently we are looking to keep them in a small flock (up to 12 birds, all hens) after everybody is grown up and all our extras are sold or given away. Here are some of the breeds they'd likely share a 12ftx12ft run and a 16ftx8ft shed with (we are considering freeranging them or expanding the run by the way)...just speculation though...:
Silver Spangled Spitzhauben Appenzeller
Polish
Ameraucana mutt
RIR
Delaware
GL Wyandotte
SL Wyandotte
Cuckoo Maran
Barred Rock
Cochin, standard size
Salmon Faverolle
Buff Orpington

Thanks,
-Anna

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

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[Krys109uk]

I know of some very knowledgeable poultry people here.

 

[sloallie10]

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not to be mean BUT, she asked for BYC'ers to answer not anyone else, and thats why she POSTED in this FORUM, not to just to get directed to some other place. THANK you..