I’m new to backyard chickena

[cheekychick3]

Hi Laura, and bet you cannot wait until your coop is finished.
Have you ideas yet what chickens you would like.????

 

[ValerieJ]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! My personal favorite is a Buff Orpington, but I think how friendly they are depends on how much you handle them as chicks. I don't handle mine much at all, and yet my BOs are pretty friendly. Sweet birds.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Hello and welcome to backyard chickens. So glad you decided to join our happy flock. My limited experience is the PBR's are quite friendly, however you must remember that chickens are a lot like goats in that they like to nibble to see if something is food. That includes your fingers, your shirt, etc.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Laura and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[clembone]

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

Go for large sized chickens that lay brown eggs, and spend time with them.

Talk to them and feed them at least some of the time every day by scattering food to them by hand.

The most friendly and calm chickens I have had have all been barred plymouth rocks, and also very good were buff rock or buff orpington.

All of the white egg laying, lighter breed chickens of mine have been jumpy and nervous, compared to the larger, brown egg laying ones.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Laura and welcome to BYC.

Here are some links to useful resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - “How to...” guides
• Great go-to resource - Learning Centre
• Good starting point for browsing the site - Articles
• Insightful feedback on how members manage their flocks - Topic of the Week back-catalogue
• Excellent sources of local information - U.S. States

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[sourland]

Hello, Laura, welcome to BYC. Good luck in constructing your coop and establishing your flock.

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello Laura, and a warm welcome to Backyard Chickens! It's great to have you here with us and good luck with your coop build!

 

[Ljorgie77]

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

Tha