White Leghorn
A Beautiful Choice For Eggs
Hardy & Healthy
Prolific Egg Layers
Remember Foghorn Leghorn? This is his family. They are intelligent and active birds that love to forage but get easily bored in a confined space. Also not great mothers, so if you want chicks put those precious eggs under another hen or fire up the incubator. They are strong flyers and will roost in trees if allowed. Not particularly child friendly, but they can be trained if done so as chicks. By far one of the best white egg layers and they continue laying 8 – 10 weeks longer than most hens. Sturdy, very resistant to disease and their feed to egg ratio makes this one of the best hens if eggs are your goal.
Egg Sizes:
208 per year approx
Young
Growing
Grown
Egg Colours:
Common
Deeper Details
Egg Production
Large to Extra Large White Eggs, 280 per year, sometimes reaching 300 or 320
Temperament
Not good mothers and easy to care for.
Backyard Behaviour
Intelligent and noisy, that loves to forage. Loves to roost in trees, if allowed. Not the best choice for small backyards and close neighbours.
Top Egg Layers
ISA Brown
These birds were bred to produce eggs and lots of them. These are by far, the very best for first time chicken owners. They have very few problems while being relatively maintenance free.
Rhode Island Red
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White Leghorn
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Chicks to Add Colour
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The Easter Egger
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Blue Ameraucana
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