advice on breed of pouters

[pigeedoodle]

Hi Guys,
Well, I've been doing my best to learn all and that included getting some old magazines with pictures of the breeds. Anyway, I was leaning toward a flying sort (maybe Nuns?) but BIG surprise my husband saw a picture of a pouter and fell in love! I would have never guessed!! He enjoys my animals and all but to express a preference (and a big one at that) shocked me. So anyway I ramble. What I'm interested in is the nitty gritty good bad and ugly of the different breeds of pouters. I can find a lot of info on the standard of each but not really the "reality" of keeping them. When I tell people about my breed of dog I always stress the difficult parts first. So here's my questions -- which breed of pouter would you say is the easiest for a beginner? Is there a breed which tends to be good parents? It sounds like they are all characters (which I like!) but which one might be the most friendly? I saw mention something about having crop troubles (food rotting) -- is there a breed that minimizes that? And lastly, this one is also for me...is there a breed that tends to have more colors (this one is the least important)? Oh and how hard are the fleathered legs to care for (it looks like a couple of breeds have feathered legs). I did find out that they are not strong flyers (not surprised) but I will still want good sized flight pens so they can get out and about right?
Thanks so much!!!!!! Con