How To Care For Leghorn Chickens. Being on the small side these chooks can fly 5. They should still be pumping them out fairly regularly.
8112017 Egg production in white leghorns begins around 20 weeks old. Leghorn hens lay an average of 280 eggs per year and sometimes reaching 300-320. They dont care a great deal about brooding.
This chicken breed become mature quickly and they have a very good feed to egg conversion ratio.
If you are using your Leghorns primarily for egg-layingas many doyou might want to consider a feed designed for laying hens. Leghorn chickens tend to be hardy so most will survive the cold. They can tolerate both cold and hot climates and are self-reliant chickens. The Leghorn Chicken egg color is white.