Oh I had wonderful barred rock hens when I was a kid, consider this a vouch for their personalities as well. We had one named Pickle because she was always getting stuck.inside the gravity feed can, in a tree, the live trap, between a rabbit hutch and the wall in the rabbit barn. Always in a pickle.
We raise our chicks with a lot of interaction and play time, hand feeding, sitting and observing. Top friendliest for us were:
Easter egger
Australorp
Cochin
Orpington
Sagitta
Mosaic
Least friendly were the white face black Spanish, who were friendly as chicks but the flightiest noisiest breed...