Pure breed Leghorn chickens are perhaps the most prolific laying pure breed hen out there and can produce up to 300 large white eggs a year. They are a wonderfully docile breed and can be placed with almost all other breeds, they are good for new chicken keepers as they lay well, have calm temperaments and are easy to care for.
Pure Leghorn Chickens at a Glance
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300 Large White PA
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Large Breed
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Featherless Feet and Legs
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300 Large White Eggs PA
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Single Combe That Will Grow Very Large and Floppy
The Pure Bred Leghorn is such a wonderful bird, they are sweet natured, docile and very friendly. They can be a little slightly but once they know you and gain in confidence they are easily hand tamed. They love company and will be curiously following you around the garden in no time. Once fully mature their combes become floppy and very large which is so comical and really adds to emphasise their whacky personalities, great all round chicken perfect for first time keepers.
Leghorns are very versatile and are happy in most situations. They would prefer a set up with lots of foraging as they do like to be out and about, they would also be suited to a back garden set up provided their run had plenty of enrichment or they had plenty of free garden time with you around. Suited in mixed flocks with most other breeds they are very chilled out and kind to other breeds, we have even reared ours with Polish who are notoriously delicate. They will lay well giving up to 300 large white shelled eggs a year.
Originating in Tuscany, central Italy Leghorns were first exported to North America in 1828 from the Tuscan port city of Livorno, on the western coast of Italy. In 1870 this chicken breed was first introduced to Britain from the United States of America and from there re-exported to Italy. Nowadays, white Leghorn chickens are very popular and commercially used layer birds in many countries of the world.