How about what I think I really want, today anyway? Right now, my short list of dream chickens includes:
Light Sussex
Dorkings
Orpingtons, especially B/B/S and buff
BLR and Silver Laced Wyandottes
and some kind of bantam, perhaps Faverolles or Sebrights
My list of chickens I think I maybe really want, or at least want to try includes
Brown Leghorns
Buckeyes
Marans (not sure which color, black coppers don't do much for me but supposedly have the best egg color, cuckoos could be used to create sex-links, B/B/S and wheaten are pretty but I've heard that egg color needs work in these varieties)
And then there are the breeds that I think I want just because my husband makes fun of them and I think they're neat looking:
Frizzles (in any breed), Naked Necks, and Showgirls