No fear?

[2hotchicks]

I have been a chicken mom for a whopping 3-1/2 months now. My two slws are 19-24 weeks old. One thing that has surprised me is Mildred & Louise have little fear. They very rarely appear startled by anything & are more curious than fearful of new objects. Knowing everyone likes chicken dinner, I expected chickens to be much more fearful than mine appear. Is this a breed characteristic or maybe because they're still young?

 

[aart]

Some individuals are just not 'flighty'.
Not sure it has to do with breed so much as their environment and their keepers behaviors.
Are they free range?
Do you handle them a lot?

 

[Acre4Me]

What breeds?

we’ve had a number of breeds, and some (such as Faverolles) are super calm and laid back. We have a Redcap female that is a very curious bird...comes right over to inspect anything it to see what is going on. The rest are more chicken-like in their responses. Then there are the broody raised ones, which have the most chicken instincts of all.

 

[2hotchicks]

What breeds?

we’ve had a number of breeds, and some (such as Faverolles) are super calm and laid back. We have a Redcap female that is a very curious bird...comes right over to inspect anything it to see what is going on. The rest are more chicken-like in their responses. Then there are the broody raised ones, which have the most chicken instincts of all.

They are silver laced Wyandottes

 

[aart]

My two slws

My SLW were pretty calm birds.

 

[Acre4Me]

They are silver laced Wyandottes

our one SLW has always been pretty calm, and fairly curious. She was brooder/human raised with flock mates. Our two GLW are also very calm, a year younger than the SLW, and brooder/human raised with flock mates.