What you need is Partridge Chanteclers !!!!!!!!!!!!I have become addicted to Partridge coloring. I've got both LF & bantams rocks. The LF are hatchery birds like most of my ladies, but they all go broody at the drop of a hat. I like that about them but their markings are really off for showing.
I started out with barred rocks for my first layer flock, they are not overly wild but not the kind to climb in your lap. If we grab a shovel or rake they come running. After 4 years they are still pretty reliable layer in the spring & fall without lights or heat.
There were a couple of black sex-links thrown in with the first chicks, they have nice eggs but only 1 of the 3 are still around.
Our next order was more BSL, Speckled Sussex, Light Brahmas, Partridge Rocks & OEGB. The BSL's have survived longer than the first and are still laying well. SS lay much smaller eggs and tend to be feather pickers. Love the Brahmas, calm, mellow, friendly but not great layers. The OEGB were ordered for my daughters 4-H showmanship birds. They are so people friendly they fly up to my sholders whenever I go in the run or coop. They are pretty much bomb-proof for showmanship, they stay on the table, pose, walk on demand, handle being flipped upside down for examintion.
We also have more bantams that she keeps for exhibition in our county and state fairs.
Dickerson Partridge is to die for !!
Young, 4 1/2 mo old saddled Partridge Chantecler Pullet.
Her brother..............gorgeous male.
There is very few breeds where the females are more striking than the males, partridge is one of them !