Pekin, Cream Legbar and Olive Egger temperaments?

[SnowyClucks]

Hi y’all, SUPER excited because I am picking up chicks in 4 days. 3 of the chickens i’ve reserved are one pekin, cream legbar, and one olive egger. What are these chickens like in a flock and how are they with humans? I know that silkies are typically chill and docile, but idk what the ither 3 are like. I dont care about egg production, just personality. I wouldn’t mind some lap chickens or, at the very least, chill ones that will let me hold them for health checks without complaining haha. These are the 4 i am getting fyi:
- Silkie
- Cream Legbar
- Pekin
- Olive Egger

Tell me your stories and experiences about these breeds!

 

[thecatumbrella]

I had six Pekins. Despite being hand-raised, they were very wiggly for handling. Two were lap chickens (but no petting allowed). Most of all, they were the SASSIEST birds! Loved enforcing the pecking order on each other. They really needed a rooster to (hopefully) keep order.

But when they lay, they lay like champs! Super cute too. Wouldn’t get them again, but I see why some people love them.

 

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

I have 2 CCLs and 2 OE all from TSC and I love them. 1 CCL is a lap chicken and loves attention but she also likes to leave to my neighbor's garden to lay her eggs the other CCL is more skittish. It's the same with my OE: 1 loves attention and is easy to handle but also likes to leave the yard while the other is more skittish. But both of my friendly escapees come back very easily, if not on their own, I just go pick them up or call them with scratch grains. You'll enjoy them!

Cream Puff and Sweetie both love hanging out with us humans and both love getting into trouble lol

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I have two OEs and they are definitely not lap chickens but I didn’t get them as chicks. I think chickens in general do not like being cuddled but can be raised to tolerate or even enjoy it but it has to be done intentionally. Except my Delawares…they were lap chickens without me wanting them to be and I don’t know why. Maybe because I only had the two of them in a brooder because my broody hen failed to accept them…but I digress. My point is I don’t think any of those breeds are particularly averse to being lap chickens but here is an article well worth reading that might help you nurture some easy-to-handle chickens:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/

 

[SkyAJK]

I have 2 Pekin hens.

1st Pekin hen I got was 5 weeks old, she is timid, make the sweetest sound and I love to hear her speak. She likes to be carried about and want attention.

2nd Pekin hen I got as an egg for my broody Australorp. This Pekin egg hatched out, she was very sweet and now she is bullying my Japanese bantam. Not only that, she pecks at me when I clean their coop. She stops whatever she was doing and walk to me and give me a hard peck until I go away.

Both of my Pekins do not lay egg over the winter season. I don't know why. They lay about 3 to 4 eggs a week. They are not noisy breed and I love that. I love both of my Pekins.

All of my chickens are noisy except for my 2 Pekins, so I prefer Pekin chickens to other breed.

 

[Pebbles25]

I have 2 CCL! I hatched them out as chicks last spring. 1 is a roo! The female is extremely sweet and friendly. I can pick her up if I really want to but mostly I’ll give her a wee stroke. She follows me whenever I’m outside, she will jump on my shoulder too. Funny enough when she was a chick she was the shyest. The boy is also very sweet. Loves being told he’s a good boy and will jump on the window sill to say hello to us. We have a BCM roo that’s the boss so when Pebbles is waiting for food he comes to see us. The CL boys can be agressive but we just stand still if he gets a sudden urge to peck us and then he’s fine. I would say handle them a lot as chicks so they are used to it as they can be flighty. As a side note I did hatch these two out with a Mad hen who’s called Maddie, she is a Polish bantam X white leghorn. She was the friendliest chick and taught them to jump on my shoulder amongst other things like chasing away birds and running with the neck extended! The CCL are very pretty (and so are the eggs) and when handled often when very young can be very friendly. Have fun!

 

[BoundlessLove]

Currently have two OE hens.
Great layers but are skittish.

My CL hens are so-so layers and also are skittish.

CL roo is a perfect gentleman and kind to his ladies.

Currently have two silkies. Sweethearts both of them. So-so layers of smaller cream colored eggs.

 

[BoundlessLove]

Congratulations and wishing you well with your little ones!