That's what I've heard and that's great because I have little cousins who like playing with and holding my chickens but most of my current chickens don't want anything to do with little kids picking them up and stuff, so friendly OEGB would be excellent. Oh I'm sure they go broody younger than most but pheasants don't lay year round like chickens so there's only a limited time frame to get eggs from them and if I get the OEGB as chicks this spring they'll only be a few months old by the time pheasant laying season is peak.