What are the characteristics of a leghorn chicken?

Answer by  eidnas (7)

The leghorn chicken comes in a variety of colors: white, red, dark brown, light brown, black, blue, buff, silver and Columbian. Leghorns are generally louder and smaller than most chickens and lay an average of 300 white eggs per year. Weighing in between 3-4 pounds, leghorns are valued for their egg laying productivity rather than for eating.

Answer by  chickenmom (7)

The leghorn chicken is prized for their ability to lay a lot of eggs per year with an average of 280 eggs per hen. The leghorn chicken has the ability to lay eggs for a very long time throughout it's life. The chicken is small and are noisy and active.

Answer by  JenJ (22)

Leghorn chickens are white and lay white eggs. They are often flighty, lightweight and noisy but they have one of the best feed-tp-egg ratios of any breed.

Answer by  dpboris (383)

Leghorns were originally bred in Tuscany, Italy. They are noisy and a bit smaller than most other breeds, and they can be almost any color. They're usually nervous and flighty, tending to avoid human contact. But their most important characteristic is that they are one of the best layers of white eggs among all chicken breeds.