Reviews by bhaugh

Hatched some wheaten/blue wheaten eggs from a breeder. The chicks were initially pretty friendly and stayed that way until they went outside. Even though I spent a lot of time with them inside AND outside, they disassociated with me and now I can't even reach down to pet them without them running off. I have two now and instead of a nice cluck both of them screech. It's quite irritating.

I would have keep both of them but one has come after me on one than more occasion and she isn't even 4 mo old. She is extremely bossy with the other birds and beats the girls up who are younger than her without reason and pulls out their tail feathers. I can hear them squeal when she pecks hard on them. She refuses to scratch for food but instead steals the food from others. A chicken in my flock has to earn her keep and this one , if I hadn't found her a home, would be heading for the stew pot.

I really like the look of these birds. I may and try and hatch from a different line in hopes I get some of what others talk about that seemed to have passed me by.

Loud, food aggressive and pulled out my australorp pullets feathers when she could catch them. She absolutely hated to be touched. When I first got her, she was shy and at the bottom of the pecking order. Once she got braver with the other hens, she became the Orpington Terror. I didn't like her at all and placed her. She ate a lot for what she produced. Although she laid nice brown eggs, I just couldn't stand the constant beating up of my pullets and her loud squawking drove me nuts.