Hi Jared!
I've had all the breeds you stated, here in cold upstate NY, don't be afraid of the cold, WELL VENTILATED coop takes care of most frostbite issues, and unless you have roosters not much frostbite to worry about anyway, none of my hens ever got it even the Leghorns were not affected. With roosters making sure they can't dip their wattles into their water in cold weather, not any of mine but I've seen horrible pics of others from this, much worse than comb frostbite.
RIRs while I admit tend to be a little on the ornery side, it's not a given, many can be quite pleasant.
People don't care for the 'flightyness' of the Leghorns, if you don't mind that they'll not want you to touch them, go nuts at times trying to get away when you feed them, not really a big deal and a plus in a free range environment, they're the first one's to skeddadle in any signs of danger. And if your looking for a colorful eggbasket the white eggs really make the dark brown green and blue much nicer together. I loved my Leghorns. Had Polish here also, white eggs.
This winter I have a bunch of Naked Necks, they've weathered our subzero temps just fine and are laying well. Bare necked, bare chested, hens have had no frostbite, roosters with their big combs only a touch of it on the tips, will likely heal up and be 100% by spring.
I've had all the breeds you stated, here in cold upstate NY, don't be afraid of the cold, WELL VENTILATED coop takes care of most frostbite issues, and unless you have roosters not much frostbite to worry about anyway, none of my hens ever got it even the Leghorns were not affected. With roosters making sure they can't dip their wattles into their water in cold weather, not any of mine but I've seen horrible pics of others from this, much worse than comb frostbite.
RIRs while I admit tend to be a little on the ornery side, it's not a given, many can be quite pleasant.
People don't care for the 'flightyness' of the Leghorns, if you don't mind that they'll not want you to touch them, go nuts at times trying to get away when you feed them, not really a big deal and a plus in a free range environment, they're the first one's to skeddadle in any signs of danger. And if your looking for a colorful eggbasket the white eggs really make the dark brown green and blue much nicer together. I loved my Leghorns. Had Polish here also, white eggs.
This winter I have a bunch of Naked Necks, they've weathered our subzero temps just fine and are laying well. Bare necked, bare chested, hens have had no frostbite, roosters with their big combs only a touch of it on the tips, will likely heal up and be 100% by spring.