Reviews by CochinLover1

I love my favorelle. He is sweet, and always comes up to me. This breed is a very friendly and a pretty good egg layers. They are a dual purpose breed, leaning more towards the heavier side.

My rooster "Babe"

I love my buff Orpingtons. They are friendly, docile, great egg layers, great mothers, great for meat. A hardy, cold tolerant breed as well.

I have a six year old hen named Cookie. She is an ongoing wonder to us, she also has spurs now. The greatest thing about this? She is still laying and is still thin. This is a very hardy breed. They will pull out of just about anything. Not good mothers. They lay pretty consistently and are feisty. They also are very good foragers for free ranging. They are good at avoiding hawks and predators.

I have silver laced wyandottes. They are very friendly birds and get along well with the other birds . They do eat a lot and get fat. They lay pink eggs with white speckles on them. They are very pretty and have great temperament.

I always keep a couple of these birds in my flocks. These birds are not amazing egg layers but they will lay for a long time. At an older age they tend to be egg eaters so extra protein and calcium is recommended. These hens are independent and seem to avoid predators very well. They are friendly and non-aggressive. Over the years we have gotten New Hampshires from different sources, and they seem vary from from hatchery to hatchery. From personal experience, McMurray has been the best for us.

I love my speckled sussex hens! we have a hen named susan, (we call her one-eyed susan which is a pun after the flower, black-eyed susan) and she is a goofy little bird. Her tail is at a 90 degree angle sideways and she has one blind eye. She is quite the comical little bird. She is an excellent layer and treats the other chickens very nicely. My other sussex hens are also very friendly.

All of my Bresse hens are very friendly! The roosters were not, however. The meat on the Bresse is superior in taste. It is the fillet mignon of the chicken world. This breed was originated by the French for its meat. Very good breed if you want a superior meat bird other than your normal cornish.

I really like my chocolate turkeys. Their meat has more of a game taste to it and they are a little on the flighty side. They are friendly and good mothers. I have a chocolate hen that wants to do nothing but lay on eggs. They are very good for free ranging.

This is a rare heritage turkey. My sweetgrass are very good layers in the spring and they taste excellent. One of my hens hatched a hatch of 6 chicks in her first year of laying. This is my personal favorite breed of turkey and they are super friendly. My sweetgrass always come up to me and greet me every day. They are very resilient and cold hardy. A great breed. They do very well for free ranging. I have also never had any of my toms show interest in or attacking me.

Delaware are a pretty good breed overall. The hens are good egg layers and have very quirky and fun personalities that seem to stand out in my flock. I have had all of my cockerels and roosters become aggressive at a young age. Not only towards people, but other chickens. The roosters that have been human tolerant have been very mean to the hens and would pick on them and hurt them. We have only one rooster now, he has been pretty friendly towards his ladies and humans so far. But as soon as I pick up one of "his" girls, he will run at me. The Delaware's meat is very very good. It is very tender and rich in flavor. A good breed for meat and eggs. Leaning more towards the meat side.

Here's my cockerel now

These turkeys are very good meat birds and are weather resistant. I absolutely love my Narragansetts. They are pretty, and APA approved if you had any interested in doing 4-H. These birds are the leaders of my turkey flock. Also, as young poults they are hardy.

I have had my slates for about three years now. I love them. They are great to show at the county fair and are very friendly. I do my own poultry processing and very much enjoy the rich flavor of the blue slate's meat. They are great for free ranging, very friendly, and very hardy. These turkeys are tough and weather tolerant. I can't recommend this turkey breed enough.

I have had bielefelders for 4 years now. They are an excellent breed. Their temperament is very good as well. My Bielefelders are very sweet. I have never had any of my roosters attack me or even give me a sideways glance. The roosters are also friendly and nice towards their hens and each other. They are great egg layers and the meat is amazing. We free range our birds and they make a very good free range breed. These birds are VERY large when fully mature, and it takes awhile but it's worth it. Their plumage is very soft and they are sex-linked so you are able to tell male from female as soon as they hatch. Love these birds and can't say enough good things about them. They are a family favorite to be sure!!!

I have had show Ameraucanas for a long time. Their fun personalities and hardiness never stops amazing me. I have had these hens and roosters pull out of some severe injuries very quickly and have a good recovery. These chickens are also the leaders of my flock. They lay very pretty blue eggs and are consistent good layers year around. These breeds are great for free ranging.

I have 9 Lakenvelders currently. All of mine are very friendly and sociable. They lay creamy colored eggs and are a good egg laying breed. They aren't a duel purpose breed, they are slightly bigger than bantams.

I've had these birds before. They are good layers for about a year maybe two. Since they lay so prolifically, they blow out and their little bodies can't really keep up.

I have a Buckeye Flock and love them. Buckeyes are an Ohio breed that was developed be Nettie Medcalf in 1896. This breed is a great duel- purpose breed and will lay medium sized light brown eggs. Buckeyes are also great for free range.

I am an owner of Australorps myself, and am very pleased with them. Last year my flock went under siege by a mink, and everyday I'd wake up to 15-16 birds dead every day. I had a mixed flock and several breeds were wiped out. Two of My Australorps had severe injuries. One, with a massive chunk of skin torn off her neck, and the other had a broken beak and a fever. Both pulled out of it. They are hearty and resilient birds with a lot of personality.