What is the temperament for OEGB?

[Cara]

Any two roosters are going to fight to a greater or lesser extent, particularly when first introduced. I have three OEGB roosters in with two standards and they sorted out their pecking order within a day or so. They ignore each other now.

 

[NicInNC]

I LOVE my games. Chee-Chee was so attached to me when she was a baby. She'd fly up onto my shoulder when I walked past her. I swear she thought she was a parakeet or something. Then she met Blazer (my other OEGB) and she fell in love. Now, she won't leave his side and acts terrified of me.

Blazer is super sweet though. We had two other OEGB's but they have since died.

 

[NicInNC]

Just read ahead and wanted to include that our other chickens get along great with the games. You can see in my sig what other types we have.

 

[Tanichca]

well, their coop is about 25 sq. feet on the ground, and about four feet high, so pretty small. I cannot let them free range because of our dog, cats, and the fact we live in the desert and i think they could get over our wall and get caught by coyotes. My rooster will peck my feet sometimes, but if you pick him up or even touch him he calms right down. are the hens prone to fighting, and would they be in trouble if my big ameracuana stepped on them? would i need more than one hen? would my silkie mate with them and would the eggs be viable?

 

[Akane]

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None of my japanese bantam roos will fight even when seperated and reintroduced. I had a trio of black tailed white inside for the winter, a pair in a pen, and my black tailed buff and his hens in the coop. The btb ruled the coop and would even run the standard roo off if he went after the little bantam roos hens. Come spring after I'd collected eggs from each group I stuck them back in the coop together. Not even any posturing. They all went about their day. The hens followed their individual roos for awhile and slowly over a couple weeks they mixed in to one flock. Their offspring aren't any different. I just stuck my japanese bantams in the new coop with the serama roos. The japs never bother seramas and the seramas ignore them. The jap hens continue to follow the jap roos and the serama hens the serama roos but they slowly start to eat and roost near each other more. The jap roos really don't seem to care about any other roos and tend not to get involved even when the other roos do care.