Which chicken breed have you found to be the friendliest?

[ThracianHorse]

I'll have to second buff orpingtons. All of the ones I've owned have been friendly to a fault. They're the first to trot over to say hello, and they like being picked up.

My buff-laced polish is definitely a real charmer. She behaves more like a cat than a chicken, and is cursedly smart about slipping around legs to get out doors. If I don't put her out to graze in my chicken tractor with a few of the other girls, she will slip past my legs if I go into the coop, and stand outside the tractor until I let her in. She spent a couple of days really touch and go as a baby and got handled a lot, so that might have been the difference. My husband was really surprised - he raised a few for 4-H as a kid and thought they were really aloof. She's either an exception, or exceptional.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

I’d have to go with Easter Eggers.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Don’t know the friendliest but I know my RIRs are complete a holes.

Not semi-holes?

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

Sultans

 

[MissChick@dee]

White Leghorn aka puppy lol

 

[Lori J]

I second the Bresse. I have three of them. They are first at the gate to greet me and absolutely love sitting on my lap or shoulder if I let them. They are also very calm, not skittish or flighty in any way. It's not just one of them, but all three. I have nine different breeds right now. When the time comes they may all get replaced with Bresses I'm that impressed with them.

It’s interesting I’m not all that familiar with bresses, are the heat hardy? I live in Mississippi. So that can be an issue.

 

[Lori J]

Yes, there are breeds that are friendlier but individual differences, too. Orpingtons are known to be friendly but I hatched one out that was the meanest pullet I’ve ever seen. She was an American Orpington, not English. I don’t know if that was the difference, but I’ve never had an English Orpington that was mean. Most of my Australorp roosters went rogue as they matured but I had a blue “Lorpinington” cross that was just as sweet as the English Orpingtons.

I wonder if the American breed cross is a little more heat hardy perhaps? I had always thought that Orpingtons wouldn’t be very heat hardly because of their origin place (British isles, Very different weather from where I live which is hot, hot, hot Mississippi)

 

[Lori J]

I've found the bravest roosters to be the friendliest roosters.
And that would be Serama.

Your rooster is so cute!!! I’ve never encountered a nice one because I probably I have never raised one myself. If I could only find one that was very quiet I could have one with my hens! (HOA Says no roosters, but what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them) pretty sure that’s Impossible though LOL

 

[MinniesMomma]

I checked out the articles on the different chicken breeds and almost all of them were listed as friendly LOL. I have had Two leghorns and one barred rock. Both are friendly and we’ve had them for several years, But all of them are skittish about being held. I know this is normal chicken behavior but are there any types that you’ve had that just seem extra friendly And even seem to enjoy being handled than others? Or, do you find that it really just depends on the particular chickens personality or perhaps how much you have handled them as They have grown?

My OEGB hen has always been by far the most cuddly. Even as chicks they would come up to be held. Today she still seeks me out and wants to be cuddled and hang out in the house.

 

[Rammy]

I love my brahmas.
They’re very friendly,docile and quiet, they follow me around when I’m out working in the garden. Mine will jump up and sit on your lap if you’re sat anywhere near them.
They’re also good egg layers and make great broody mothers being able to cover extra eggs as they’re so big.
I’m planning on breeding mine this year, here’s some photos
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Those pics would make a great calender!