What is your favorite (looking) breed?

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

Hello ~ I have been thinking recently about starting to show chickens at my local state fair! I posted another thread about the logistics of it and any insight you have, but I am still trying to decide what breed I would like to start with. I LOVE the silver laced colors. And I also really like wyandottes and their rose combs. So I thought I would do Silver Laced Wyandottes. Do y'all think this is a good idea? I read that for a beginner, a monochrome bantam is best; but if I am going to put work into this I want it to be around a breed I'm actually excited about. Also, I cant stand the crow of a bantam so probably no bantams at all.

Most importantly, what is your favorite looking breed!?!?!? I am searching and searching for ones that I really like the looks of. As I said, I love the silver laced (and really all laced) colors. But it does have to be a APA registered breed. I also totally love the double laced barnevelders but that might be to complicated for a newbie.
Any suggestions or your opinions are greatly appreciated! And I would love if you can attach photos of your own chickens too!!

Also, non-feathered legged birds are better for me. Easier to keep clean, although I love salmon faverolles.

Lastly, I currently have a Blue Copper Maran rooster. He's AMAZING, and has saved my flock a few times. He's also very sweet and has never come close to attacking a human. I have 12 hens right now, but will probably have 15-18 when I get everything going. So, can I keep a second rooster with my flock. I know people say a 1:10 ration (male:female). But 1:8 is probably okay too right? I can always separate if fighting occurs or sell him.

Thank you!

 

[deidreg]

Salmon Faverolles! This is Fleur.

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

I would recommend English Orpingtons,
this is my silver-laced boy.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Oh nice! Yeah that’s beautiful! This was definetly one of the breeds I was considering. Is there a large fowl counterpart though? My family was already hesitant for a large rooster and not sure how long a bantam would last

Sebrights are a true bantam breed (no large fowl counterpart).

 

[JadeFarms]

I like the look of good quality white and wheaten asils, although, I know many people do not agree.
Lemon blue is probably one of my favorite colors and the birds who come in the color are very nice.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I like the appearance of games and game derived breeds more than any other chicken type. I like both orientals and bankavoids for different reasons. Orientals for that dinosaur-like build and bankivas for their color and feathering.

 

[Matejka]

Speckled Sussex are beautiful. Mine are still babies so no photos.
From the internet

 

[topochico225]

Gotta say my favorite has been cemented as a Mille Fleur d’Uccle. Mine just molted for the first time and one of the hens’ heads turned white. Here’s the roo and the pretty little hen:

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

One of my favorite looking breeds would have to be sebrights. A problem with wyandottes is that hatchery ones are very far from the standard. Hatchery sebrights are much closer, but still aren’t perfect.
My hatchery sebright pictured below.

 

[topochico225]

I had two bantam Silver Laced Wyandottes, a cockerel and pullet, and they were the sweetest and some of the prettiest birds I've had. I also love Mille Fleur D'uccles- I just set some eggs in the bator so I can have some of my own!