Easy - Light Sussex Chickens :)

They are pretty birds and very calm, they are an old English breed, they lay lots of eggs and of course they are very very hardy chickens.

They are very pretty birds with a white body with black tail, black necks trully stunning birds running around the garden but for novices they are a forgiving whilst you get the hang of keeping chickens.

They will make great pets and as they should live 7-9 years they should make a good family member.

Ok, thanks for this question. Almost impossible to answer so I will give my answer using my experience. If you are keeping chickens please remember they are prey animals so always a bit flighty. What I have found (my own personal observation not proven in science) is the larger the breed the calmer the bird. Hence why I prefer large fowl only. Please note crested birds with slightly impaired vision seem to be the most flighty for obvious reasons. I am sure I will get lots of emails telling me how clam your banties are but please remember this is only answered on my experience in poultry keeping. Hope this helps.