Chicken breed reccomendations for a calm kid friendly broody standerd

[Southern by choice]

All the EE roos that we've had have been nasty.

Oh my gosh! We have had 25 EE roos and not one was nasty.... one was a giant 13lbs at 1 year old and my then young daughter carried him around like a baby doll... we still have some of his offspring.

It is amazing how different birds can be of the same breed. I guess it's just like any other animal.... some are just ignorant acting.
RIR are notorious for being mean as !$#@ yet one of ours was a big baby and loved to climb in your lap, sweetest guy. Our current RIR are all fine, not aggressive at all but I know they can still get that way.

I love the English Orps!!! I don't have any though..

 

[Southern by choice]

BTW- cool thread... it is nice to hear other peoples experiences with the different breeds.

 

[promiseacres]

Think I should change the title....it is very interesting to hear others experiences....

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

All the EE roos that we've had have been nasty.

Oh my gosh! We have had 25 EE roos and not one was nasty.... one was a giant 13lbs at 1 year old and my then young daughter carried him around like a baby doll... we still have some of his offspring.

It is amazing how different birds can be of the same breed. I guess it's just like any other animal.... some are just ignorant acting.
RIR are notorious for being mean as !$#@ yet one of ours was a big baby and loved to climb in your lap, sweetest guy. Our current RIR are all fine, not aggressive at all but I know they can still get that way.

I love the English Orps!!! I don't have any though..

I've had A LOT of EE's and never a single mean one. Some more flighty though.


My absolute favorites are Ameraucanas, Blue Wheatens to be exact. I've been raising them for two years now and have never had a single aggressive male, never have problems with them picking on each other, in confinement or out in the open. The mothers often go broody, but not enough to be annoying, they are great for free-ranging and are very calm and self-sufficient, and they are hardy as chicks too, I can't even remember the last time I lost one. Just my 2 cents though.

 

[TeamChaos]

Our cochin ladies are sweet and always broody. We've got a lot of roosters and if I had to pick one as the "sweetest" it would have to be my welsummer boys. They look like Cornelius from the Corn Flakes box and they are big, but friendly. So are my barnevelder boys but they cannot seem to get along amongst themselves.

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

Our Buckeye Roo is the greatest. He is calm, and just turns and walks away from you if you approach him. Our first rooster was evil. I still have scars on my legs. The Americauna Roo was second - he was barely a rooster, never even paid attention to the hens.

Third Try - Buckeye Chickens. They are docile, the rooster attends to his girls and leaves me alone. They do well in the cold winters in Ohio, and they are on the ALBC list.

 

[that's*satyrical]

Have you considered Cochins? They are big and fluffy, and pretty chill. They also have feathered feet which is pretty cool. They tend to be a bit broody as well I often find them in the corner of the coop setting.

 

[boykin2010]

I agree that cochins are a good choice also. Good setters, and docile too.
Mine never were good layers though.

 

[boothcreek]

Exhibition Type Black Australorp! Dont go for the hatchery ones, its night and day in conformation and character between hatchery and exhibition. The exhibition type makes wonderful broodies and moms too.
My Aussie roo is a giant push-over, so are the hens.
We have had the Exh. Australorps for over 23 yrs and when it comes to a great all around chicken(meats, eggs and brooding) and a good bird for kids to handle they win hands-down in my book. For 5 yrs we use to visit schools with agri programs bringing in our aussi roo for presentations. He would find someones lap, amd sit there quietly mumbling to himself before dozing off, a 10 lb black feather pillow.

 

[TGreenhut]

I live my silkies! The roosters are sweet and I have never needed an incubator because the hens go broody all the time and make GREAT mothers.