Best "Pet" white egg laying chicken

[aubreynoramarie]

im guessing they tasted different because the white eggs were store bought and the brown eggs were not. your white eggs will taste like the brown eggs anyways

 

[racuda]

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Hmmmm....I wonder if you could create gourmet eggs? Feed them oregano basil and thyme for an Italian flair, or chilies, and cumin for s south of the border flavor.

 

[rhs7111]

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Hmmmm....I wonder if you could create gourmet eggs? Feed them oregano basil and thyme for an Italian flair, or chilies, and cumin for s south of the border flavor.

Well, I'm not saying that hens who are fed mint will lay eggs that taste like mint, just that their eggs will taste differently. Fun idea, though!

 

[tgrlily]

I saw that you made your decision, but Leghorns are supposedly very flighty. We had a bad experience with some "flighty" Hamburgs... they were gorgeous, layed white eggs & were totally insane!

Dorkings lay between a white & ivory colored egg, are friendly, beautiful & amazing foragers. If you end up with too many males, they are one of the best meat chickens. One of my 11 year old's Dorkings follows him like she's a puppy & is content to sit on his lap. Half the flock follows me if they're out ranging while I'm in the yard.

Noah & Akasha:

 

[andalusn]

have to agree on the taste of white/brown eggs. I have many brown egg layers of different breeds and the Brabanter is a layer of large white eggs and I cook them as fried etc along with brown and can't tell the difference. As for friendly I have found it can really depend upon the chicken and the persistence of the child wanting to be friends

Make a daily date to handle and pack around your hen and it will settle. Even my supposedly "flighty" Brabanters are much calmer and will walk around my feet and not scurry away. They were handled a lot as young birds.

 

[CluckyJay]

One of my leghorn hens is especially sweet. There are several out of the group that like to be cuddled. I know that those common fighting game hens make lovable pets too. I had roos out of those and they were nice pets too. But I raised them from bitties. Even within a breed, the individual chicken will determine how good of a pet it will be.


And yea, the diet of a chook determines how the eggs taste. Battery hens produce mild, tasteless, unhealthy eggs.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-10-01/Tests-Reveal-Healthier-Eggs.aspx

 

[heatherindeskies]

The forum here has a place to look up breeds...you could narrow your search down and they may have a temperment section.....

 

[flowerchild59]

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Your pic made me laugh. I am recuperating from foot surgery too. Never dreamed of bringing the chickens in the house to keep me company bu I am going pretty stir crazy now. maybe it's an option!!!

 

[billfields]

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From my experience with only one

I would encourage you to look closely at Golden Campines if you are looking for chickens your kids (or anyone else) can interact with. I have 18 chickens of assorted breeds. All hand raised, a month actually in the house when they were in the brooder, around people every day,never chased scared, predated on---basically seven weeks of idyllic chicken life. While she's a very pretty chicken the Campine acts like she was just captured by Marlin Perkins From the wilds of Chicken Island and has never laid eyes on people. Only on very rare occasions will she eat out of my hand (the other 17 all do) and she has never, even as a small chick, liked to be touched. She is the wildest, flightiest of the eighteen---by far. The only one that's close is the Sicilian Buttercup and I half think it's because she hangs with the Campine and follows her lead

Now my Campine is a sample size of one. It could just be that she's just loopy and other Campines would be better but I sure can't see her meshing with kids.