I have two buff orpingtons and a dominique who are my best little friends, two ameracaunas (I'm a bad speller forgive me if I mess up these breed names) who like to be held, but won't jump up themselves, one bantam ameracauna who isn't so sure about the handling but likes to follow me around, one silkie roo who falls asleep in my lap once he settles down and my golden sebright roo is the little guy who would rather not be held, but likes me because I give him treats. I think my advantge is that I have never had chickens before, and have never been around chickens before. Mainly I have had dogs, so I just expected them to be my little palls, and they are! Some people are surprised how nice they are, but people on here seem to have had similar nice experiences with chickens.
On a side note, the dominique is the most cudly of all. She loves me, you can see it in her eyes! Well, my mother in law came to visit. We have never gotten along very well, and we are very different. I never wear makeup or paint my nails, and I have dark brown hair. She has bleach blond hair, bright pink nails and tons of makeup on all the time. Anyway, I took her to show her the coop and the chickens thought her painted toenails were food, so they all started pecking her toes! She was screaming at them, and when she was distracted Bathilda (the dominique) saw her chance to investigate that shiny yellow hair. Batty flew up right into her hair and left little muddy bird tracks all over the shoulders of her nice white bouse! You should have heard her scream! I was laughing so hard I thought I couldn't get a grip on my chicken! Did I metion I love those birds?
