Cochins are very sweet birds. I have been raising them for about six years, both bantam and standard. I had a Columbian roo one time that loved to flog me and I would football punt him gently and he would come right back at me. I have a Blue Mottled roo right now that is mean as a rattlesnake! He tries to flog me everytime I open the pen. All in all, I think they are a great breed. Most are docile and the hens are great mothers. Even the standard ones are very broody. Cochins are definitely on the top of my list.