I’m new to backyard chickena

[Ljorgie77]

Hi my Name is Laura and I’m in the process of build a chicken coop. I have been doing a lot of research about having chickens . Glad to join this forum

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Laura and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Delighted to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC! Good luck with your future flock.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[clembone]

Congratulations on your decision to keep chickens. It is a fun and satisfying way to live for many of us. What breeds are you thinking of? I talked to my grandmother and my wife's grandmother to find out what kind of chickens our families kept, and decided that way.

 

[Ljorgie77]

Congratulations on your decision to keep chickens. It is a fun and satisfying way to live for many of us. What breeds are you thinking of? I talked to my grandmother and my wife's grandmother to find out what kind of chickens our families kept, and decided that way.

We aren’t sure we live in New Jersey and we have to kids . What are the most friendly hens?

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, Laura, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
We are running a coop page contest here. Feel free to document your coop build and enter! Enjoy your new hobby obsession!

 

[DobieLover]

We aren’t sure we live in New Jersey and we have to kids . What are the most friendly hens?

How friendly your chickens turn out has a lot to do with how you raise them. If you have a coop that you can get in and just sit and let them come up to you and interact with you, they will be MUCH more approachable. The difference between my first batch and my current batch is amazing. I still have some aloof chickens in my second batch but most will not only allow me to touch them, but pick them up and will fly up onto my lap when I am out sitting with them.

All this being said, Orpingtons are supposed to be quite friendly. I find the Plymouth Barred Rocks to be too. That's a PBR highest up on the right side of my legs. She is super sweet.

 

[Ljorgie77]

Thank You Your girls are all beautiful .

 

[DobieLover]

Thank You Your girls are all beautiful .

Thanks.
The little black one is actually a cockerel. He's a true Ameraucana. I hope my current rooster isn't too mean to him when he comes of age! No matter, I'm sure he's going to be receiving some lessons in manners and self control from the hens as well when his hormones kick in.

 

[JCristyD]

How friendly your chickens turn out has a lot to do with how you raise them. If you have a coop that you can get in and just sit and let them come up to you and interact with you, they will be MUCH more approachable. The difference between my first batch and my current batch is amazing. I still have some aloof chickens in my second batch but most will not only allow me to touch them, but pick them up and will fly up onto my lap when I am out sitting with them.
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All this being said, Orpingtons are supposed to be quite friendly. I find the Plymouth Barred Rocks to be too. That's a PBR highest up on the right side of my legs. She is super sweet.

Raised my dominiques from chicks and they all come running to me when i call. They love their chest rubs.

 

[Essentiallyokanaganmom]

We aren’t sure we live in New Jersey and we have to kids . What are the most friendly hens?

We asked around for kid friendly winter hardy Hens and ended up with buff orpingtons, silver laced wyandottes, cochins and I believe they are welsummmers. The wyandottes and cochins have been the most consistantly friendly with the kids while the others seem to rotate who likes humans and who doesnt... ironically the orpintons which we were told were super friendly are our most skiddish around people, so I think it's more luck of the draw Haha