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Leghorns are relatively early maturing and can start to lay their first eggs at about 4 to 6 months old. Nutrition health and living conditions will affect their start date.

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Does a Brown Leghorn lay more eggs than a White Leghorn?

Brown Versus White LeghornYes it does.


What is white has feathers and lays eggs?

A Leghorn hen.


How do you make a white leghorn chicken?

You allow a white leghorn hen to mate with a white leghorn rooster. The eggs produced by that hen are then incubated for 21 days and a chick emerges from the fertilized egg. That chick will grow to be a white leghorn chicken.


What is a white legged horn?

white leghorn is a production breed hen that lays white eggs.


What is the most popular source of eggs?

Commercially produced eggs come from White Leghorn hens.


I have a hen which I am convinced is a Wellsummer but which lays white eggs Could I be mistaking her for a different variety which does lay white?

Wellsummers do NOT lay white eggs. However, it is very likely that she is a light brown leghorn.


How long will a white leghorn lay eggs?

Leghorns will lay up to 24 months and then will start to reduce egg laying. Some birds will give you an egg per week after that for a few more months. Most farms use them for meat after the 24th month.


How many eggs does a leghorn lay?

Yes. The color of feathers makes no difference in number of eggs laid. The breed determines the potential number of eggs per year but good nutrition and general health will often result in far better than average egg production.


How big of eggs do a leghorn lay?

3 inches.


when a white leghorn chicken lays white eggs - Does the white by the chickens head near their ear mean they are a European strain?

A brown egg laying chicken has red on their head and they are considered an Asian strain.


What rooster can you breed to a white leghorn hen?

All roosters are males so they don't lay eggs this is true for any breed of poultry


What breed of chickens lay burgundy eggs?

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