Ive kept Peking Bantams which were nice little things, Old English Game, which were a nightmare as they used to try to kill each other regulaly (but i guess thats good if your well into you gamecocks), various types of the older laying types but ive forgoten what they were called, and weve had quite alot out of the battreys. Id have to say that the ex battry layers are prolly my fav because there usualy in such a state when we get em and theyre pretty well mannered docile things that lay cracking eggs when theyve been free for a while. Pekings come a close second.