I would assume there are more whites than other colors, as more folks seem to seek them out. I keep the Partridge, and can see why there would be so few...the hens are far broodier than my Silkies and bantam Cochins.
I am working on a black and a Columbian. It's merely accidental, but once I hatched the mixes, I realized it would be foolish not to keep them and work toward other colors, since they held so closely to the Chantecler conformation, rather than the other parentage. We'll see what happens on those in the future.
I do love the personality of the Partridge. The roos are very friendly and yet very good parents and protectors. These birds are fantastic foragers, and will dig trenches in even very large runs. It doesn't matter how much space you give them, they want big dirt bowls where they live. Deeper and larger than other birds dig.
They have done very well with the blistering heat here in Kansas. We get the worst of both temperature extremes, and while I anticipated great winter hardiness, I was concerned they would do poorly with the 75% humidity 110* summers we have. They've always done great with that.
