Trisseh
Duck-duck-chicken!
It really depends on the purpose of the birds that you’re keeping, in my opinion. 
mine are pets/lawn ornaments with the added benefit of eggs, so I’m really only looking for moderate production and not interested in eating any of the birds themselves. Lol.
I also think that within any breed you get exceptions to the rule. I have a paint silkie that is the opposite in many ways of the silkie stereotype. She doesn’t seem bothered by the cold, so long as the wind isn’t howling. She’s always clean unless she dust bathed in mud, but by the next day she’s cleaned herself up again anyways. No issues with her feathered feet or her crest, she can see just fine, she went broody during her first laying cycle and raised half a dozen chicks for me with no hassle, and she’s the friendliest of the bunch. She runs for the hills if a big bird flies over, shrieking out an alarm. She also has a permanent head tilt and a tic, which makes her a huge favorite with visitors. Lol. Contrast her with my cuckoo silkie that’s dumb as a bag of rocks and couldn’t figure out the ramp to get into the coop for months.... lol.
I don’t like super delicate breeds or those that have massive combs/wattles, aesthetically I find them unappealing and they don’t do well in my climate. Not a fan of naked necks either, for the same reasons.
I’ve had not great experiences with the EE that I’ve had, both purchased and hatched myself. They seem either super shy and skittish or too bold to the point of aggressive. A few bad individuals put me off them for sure, especially when I had other breeds that were far superior in many ways. (Hedemoras, Icelandics...)
mine are pets/lawn ornaments with the added benefit of eggs, so I’m really only looking for moderate production and not interested in eating any of the birds themselves. Lol. I also think that within any breed you get exceptions to the rule. I have a paint silkie that is the opposite in many ways of the silkie stereotype. She doesn’t seem bothered by the cold, so long as the wind isn’t howling. She’s always clean unless she dust bathed in mud, but by the next day she’s cleaned herself up again anyways. No issues with her feathered feet or her crest, she can see just fine, she went broody during her first laying cycle and raised half a dozen chicks for me with no hassle, and she’s the friendliest of the bunch. She runs for the hills if a big bird flies over, shrieking out an alarm. She also has a permanent head tilt and a tic, which makes her a huge favorite with visitors. Lol. Contrast her with my cuckoo silkie that’s dumb as a bag of rocks and couldn’t figure out the ramp to get into the coop for months.... lol.
I don’t like super delicate breeds or those that have massive combs/wattles, aesthetically I find them unappealing and they don’t do well in my climate. Not a fan of naked necks either, for the same reasons.
I’ve had not great experiences with the EE that I’ve had, both purchased and hatched myself. They seem either super shy and skittish or too bold to the point of aggressive. A few bad individuals put me off them for sure, especially when I had other breeds that were far superior in many ways. (Hedemoras, Icelandics...)
Just little meanies and always mad and broody. I had some show line White Crested Black Polish too that I was not a fan of. While good layers, they did not thrive in a mixed flock. They were picked on by others and when I would separate them out to grow their crests back and then they seemed to take out their anger on each other. For being picked on, they were not meek and gentle. Just not given opportunity to peck back as well due to crests. Looking back, I wish I never purchased them. Their life of having to live blindly for no reason other than humans enjoying their looks is cruel to me 
Another breed I was pretty meh about were my show line Silver Pencilled Rocks. They were fine. Personalities okay, but not memorable. Now I loved my Barred Rock bantams though...
