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California White / Ideal 236

A Review On: Leghorn

Leghorn

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luvs2ride1979
By luvs2ride1979
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Pros: Smart, Earlyer Layers, Economical eaters

Cons: Nervous, natural flying ability

I bought three Ideal 236 / California White Leghorns from Ideal Poultry August 2010.  I found my first egg when they were 23 weeks old! They are a bit nervous, but easy to keep and handle once you get a hold of them.  They are good flyers and can get out of my 6' fence, so wings MUST be clipped if you do not have a top to your run/pen. They seem pretty smart.  We'll see how egg production goes now that they have started laying.

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tobylowe1 10/30/12 at 4:18am
I have one baby that was sent by mistake from a great hatchery. I know that's kind of an oxymoron. She is a cute little girl at two weeks but compared to the Red Comets that are the same age she is timid, flighy, much more active and a bit smaller. I here she will be a great layer and I chose the Red Comets because of that as well but wanted really friendly birds with all of them. Spent a lot of extra care with the leghorn from day one and she does not seem to making much progress where the Red Comets are as gentle as they can be. I'm glad my flock will have some color to it though. She was a blessing in disguise............I hope. :-)
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