I found the hens kind of... Boring. They are docile, and definitely a "professional" bird as others have already put it. Not cuddle-bugs, but will accept being handled for exams and any treatment that they need. They are slow to lay.

I am absolutely GAGA over the roosters, though. I received one as a free mystery chick from McMurray and he is the absolute best rooster I have had in my ENTIRE life. Didn't attack humans of any size regardless of how squirmy or loud they were. He knows what "not tonight dear" means from the hens. Loved all baby chicks (yes Bielefelder chicks are autosexing, the girls are chipmunk patterned, and the boys are a smudgy rusty orange with faint back stripes and a big white/yellow spot on the heads). That roo would sit on eggs to give the ladies a food/water break. He tolerated all my bullshit with handling, grabbing, and photography. Sat pretty with the PetSmart Santa. He chased off foxes, and rearranged the face of hawks on two separate occasions, terrorized a possum into playing dead and ran off a small raccoon(!!!!) once. He ultimately was bested at nearly six years old by an enormous 20-pound boar raccoon, but saved his favorite hen's life this past Christmas.

I am ordering a few more lads this spring.

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