What's your favorite chicken breed(s) for pets and/or being affectionate.

[kurby22]

Here's one of Mr. Zoom Zoom running over for food
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They're a hefty breed for their size, but can still jump up and roost. Unlike CornishX, they don't have to be processed due to health problems (although like any bird, they aren't invincible). My girls love to brood. I have owned them for 3 years and had 3 go broody last year and 5 go broody this year, but they can be a bit ditzy and I have to seperate mama and babies for a few weeks.

The hens are a bit skittish, and the roosters too, but once you manage to catch them (not hard since the male's run at a speed walk, not a sprint), they calm right down and just accept it.

I personally have white laced red, white, Dark, blue laced and one partially laced jubilee.


Some have really golf ball shaped heads, but most of my birds don't. I personally love it, but I don't think you can breed them together safely, so I keep Mr. Zoom Zoom away from the golf ball headed hen.

Mr Zoom Zoom, that’s a great name haha. This is great info, thanks!! Maybe someday when I get the chance I can get a couple and see what I think. They come is really pretty colors. Show quality Brahmas have a similar blocky shaped head and I like it more than I thought I would! Thanks!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They don't do good in the cold. Those pea combs get surprising frost bitten and they don't have much fluff under the feather you see, so they need somewhere absolutely draft free and preferably where they can roost close together. Mine definitely get more friendly qbout roost spacewhen winter comes

Mr Zoom Zoom, that’s a great name haha. This is great info, thanks!! Maybe someday when I get the chance I can get a couple and see what I think. They come is really pretty colors. Show quality Brahmas have a similar blocky shaped head and I like it more than I thought I would! Thanks!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh that’s good to know too! They’d love it here, it’s never really colder than about 38 over night and that lasts maybe a week in December/January. Otherwise, just wet and cool if we are lucky! I hate the temps here…wish I could move back to the PNW. Someday…

Oh I'm quite jealous of your weather.

 

[kurby22]

Oh I'm quite jealous of your weather.

Yeah, I probably wouldn't trade for your weather, gotta be honest. SE Montana is pretty hard core in the winters!!

 

[Sussex19]

My most friendly ones are Coronation Sussex, and the only one that actually likes being cuddled is a LS x RIR.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Fair enough

I am trying to picture feral Silkies. Mine are too silly and foolish to be feral for long.

 

[1cock2hens]

My most affectionate were salmon foverolles and bantam cochin

 

[Fuchsia]

I think it depends more on how you raise them than the breed.

 

[VSR]

Silkies are sweet even my Roosters are polite . My Polish bantams are sweet . My standard polish were flighty but they weren't aggressive . I have an EE / Silkie mix that's happiest if she can be a lap chicken

I would love to see what your silkie mix looks like!!!

 

[lacychappell4]

I would love to see what your silkie mix looks like!!!

She turned into a He and sadly had to be re-homed , but he went to his own flock of pet chickens and is much happier