Leghorn chicken

Learn more about the White Leghorn over on our blog's breed spotlight! White Leghorn Chickens are one of the top egg-producing breeds, often laying 300 or more large white eggs per year or 5+ per week!

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These are generally recognized as the most colorful of the Leghorn family and like all Leghorns lay white eggs, are nonsetters, have large combs and white ear lobes, and yellow skin, shanks and feet.

Learn more about the leghorn chicken that lays lots of eggs, their temperament, and if it’s a good addition to your flock

Leghorn chickens usually have single combs, but in some countries, the rose combs are ‘allowed’, but not however in Italy. Even though the Leghorn is used quite a bit in a factory setting, they are considered today as a Heritage-Breed.

White Leghorn chickens are the queens of egg-laying! Lightweight and sophisticated foraging skills makes White Leghorns the best bang for your buck in egg collection. As free spirits, they’ll roam and explore anywhere they can

Today, we are going to blow your mind with interesting facts about Leghorn chickens. By the end of this article, you will want to run out and grab a few Leghorns for your flock as well.

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