personalities of chickens?

[frizzleman74]

can i have someone let me know what the general personalities are of the breeds that i have. My chicks are 5 days old and im curious what they will turn out like, let me know from personal experience! I have 2 EE, 2 silkies, 1 SLW, 1 GLW, 1 buff Orpington, 1 Salmon Faverolle, 1 white leghorn, 1 partridge cochin, and one speckled sussex, i have an 11 month RIR and bantam frizzle right now, they are just a joy to have around, couldn't be more friendly! I hope all my chicks will turn out like this!

 

[ScotianChick]

The silverlaced wyandottes can be a little unfriendly sometimes and are terrible broodies. I have three and two went broody recently and they are plain vicious. Those two also are not friendly to me in general even when not broody. One of my SLWs is pretty calm though and will sometimes allow me to pick her up. We had leghorns years ago, they were excellent layers but quite flighty. Any type of noise or surprise set them into a fit of squawking!

 

[chicken crazed 1o1]

I have silkies roosters they are very tame a kind of loud when they crow . Hens are nice except when they are broody .

 

[Cat Water]

My buff orpingtons are the sweetest, same with the silkies. I just hatched out one EE last night, and he is the cuddliest chick of all. Really it depends on how much they were handled as chicks.

 

[frizzleman74]

is it better to handle them as chicks..i make is a priority to play with them at least once a day if not more!

 

[Harvey'sHens]

I have 2 EEs. One was the sweetest baby and always wanted to hop in my lap. The other was scared of me and was extremely hard to handle. Now they are both very friendly and follow me around the yard. They both let me pick them up. The scared one is still a bit more reserved and only began to be friendly at about 5 months.

 

[Fred's Hens]

After two straight years of ISA Browns, (some are very smart, and almost all are super friendly) Black Sex Links (quieter, even tempered, if stand offish and boring) and Bovan type Red production (a bit too hyper in many ways and extremely vocal) I needed a change of chicken personality and my young stock this year is mostly Barred Rocks. Very different. Fun, gentle, inquisitive and interesting. Yes, different breeds are very different.

 

[ellieroo]

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I had the opposite experience with my SLW. They were great always came on the run when called never fought and always were great egg layers. Thru the hears I've tried other breeds but at the moment I have 10 SLW waiting to grow and join the coop !!

 

[Kaitie09]

We have 2 Salmons and they both are are not very friendly. We also have a SLW and she too is not friendly along with an EE and a Buff. All of them will follow us around and we have to watch our step or we will step on one (I think they believe that they can get free rides if they sit on our shoes), but they all bolt when we try to pick them up. However our Speckled Sussex is the nicest we have ever had. She lets you pick her right up and pet her, and she tends to jump on you if you sit down. We have 18 that we have raised from day olds, spent a TON of time handling them. I will say that our roo has never once showed any aggression towards anybody and he luckily did not grow spurs.

 

[Snegurochka]

My EEs have been shy for the most part, although my oldest one tamed a bit as she aged and didn't mind being petted anymore. My SLW never seemed afraid of me, but she didn't want to be around me anyway because she had better things to do. My Orp is relatively gentle, although she's got a small mean streak in her. She definitely isn't flighty, and right now she seems to be my coop queen since she is currently the oldest. My last two leghorns (brown and white) have been fairly smart, and very independent, to the point where they would rather go off on their own when everyone is freeranging (my white got eaten by a hawk this way). When the brown was a baby she was constantly jumping out of the brooder and running off to play by herself, and I'd only know about it because the Orpington was left alone, crying.

Now the Sussex is pretty special. She's the first one I've had, and as a baby she used to jump the barrier into "chick jail" in the brooder to visit my Hamburg, then jump back when the Welsummer got lonely. She's a genius compared to the others. When I chased a mouse through the coop a few months ago, all the chickens squawked in surprise, but the Sussex immediately dove after it and tried to catch it. She's not overly friendly--she doesn't rub up against my leg when I walk in the coop or anything, but if I've got something that interests her she doesn't mind being petted at all.