Yay! I’m coming home with chickens one day. Already warned hubby. I think I want a smaller breed, and no roosters! I was nearly flogged as a child and I’m still afraid of roosters.
Because of that experience, a breed known for being docile would be good. ;-)
My grandson had the cutest banty rooster, they didn’t keep him in the pen and every time you turned your back on that little thing, he attacked. We hated that little rooster!
When he died, we were sad anyway.
Have chickens. Have had many different flocks. Get the Storey guide to chicken. It is CHICKEN BIBLE!!
I loved having chickens and those wonderful free range eggs! So big with bright orange yokes and sometimes doubles. We had some mean roosters though. I remember being in the chicken house gathering eggs with a hoe in hand as a weapon because you never knew when the rooster may attack. I had the bucket on my arm full of eggs and when I turned around THERE HE WAS IN THE DOORWAY! I hadn’t realized that my weapon of choice, the hoe, was not the best choice because the roof of the house was too low to swing it and get a good blow. He started to attack and all I could do was punch at him with the hoe, eggs flying from the bucket on my arm EVERYWHERE! No eggs made it to the house that day.